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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…