Title 23 — Health and Safety
97 chapters · 659 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 23-36-01 Definitions
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As used in this chapter: 1. "Bite" means any penetration of the skin by an animal's teeth. 2. "Clinical signs of rabies" means physical signs or animal behavior that would lead a reasonably prudent veterinarian to suspect an infection of rabies and the pursuit of a rabies diagnos…
N.D.C.C. § 23-36-02 Policy - Local authority
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1. The department shall establish a rabies control program that must place primary emphasis on human exposure to rabies. 2. The department shall consider national peer-reviewed recommendations for the control of rabies during the development of the department's rabies control pro…
N.D.C.C. § 23-36-03 Enforcement authority
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1. The department, or an agency acting on the department's behalf, may seize and euthanize, impound at the owner's expense, or quarantine any animal if the state health officer, or the state health officer's designee, has probable cause to believe the animal presents clinical sig…
N.D.C.C. § 23-36-04 Administrative search warrant
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Except in the case of an emergency, the department, or another state or local agency acting on the department's behalf, may seize an animal located on private property only as authorized by an administrative search warrant issued under chapter 29-29.1. A warrant to seize an anima…
N.D.C.C. § 23-36-05 Assistance of state and local agencies
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If a warrant is issued under section 23-36-04 and upon written request of the department, the game and fish department, the state veterinarian, or the wildlife services program of the United States department of agriculture animal and plant health inspection service shall provide…
N.D.C.C. § 23-36-06 Payment for postexposure treatment
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The department may provide, at no cost, rabies postexposure biologics to an individual possibly exposed to rabies if the department determines the individual is financially unable to pay for the postexposure biologics treatment.
N.D.C.C. § 23-36-07 Penalty for violation of order or interference
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A person is guilty of an infraction if the person: 1. Conceals, releases, or removes an animal from the place where the animal is located with intent to impair that animal's availability for seizure under that warrant or order while the person is under the belief that a search wa…
N.D.C.C. § 23-36-08 Limitation on liability
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Subject to any other requirements of section 32-12.2-02, the owner of an animal may bring a claim for money damages, and may recover an amount up to the replacement value of the animal, if the owner establishes that before the animal was seized and tested for rabies under this ch…
N.D.C.C. § 23-36-09 Owner's responsibility
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1. The owner of an animal is liable for the cost of quarantine and veterinary services, and for the cost of any postexposure treatment received by an individual who is possibly exposed to rabies by the owner's animal, if the animal is not: a. Licensed or registered as required by…