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(1) a dog, cat, or ferret vaccinated or rabies in accordance with (a)(3) of this section that bites an individual must be placed under observation for 10 days, except that a clinically ill or stray animal that does so may be euthanized immediately and submitted to the department or to a laboratory designated by it for rabies testing;

(2) a dog, cat, or ferret not vaccinated for rabies in accordance with (a)(3) of this section that bites an individual may be euthanized immediately and submitted to the department or to a laboratory designated by it for rabies testing;

(3) a bat or a free-ranging carnivorous wild animal that bites an individual must be euthanized immediately and submitted to the department or to a laboratory designated by the department for rabies testing;

(4) an unvaccinated dog, cat, or ferret bitten by a known or suspected rabid animal may be euthanized immediately; if the bitten animal has a current rabies vaccination, as defined in the Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2011, adopted by reference in (a)(1) of this section, the animal must be immediately revaccinated and confined a minimum of 45 days;

(5) a prior rabies vaccination of an animal does not preclude the necessity for euthanasia and testing if the vaccine was not administered in accordance with its label specifications or the vaccine is not licensed for that species. (Eff. 12/29/2006, Register 180; am 12/29/2013, Register 208) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.010 AS 18.15.355 AS 47.05.012

AS 18.05.040 AS 44.62.245 Editor’s note: The Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2011, is available from the section of epidemiology, division of public health, Department of Health, State of Alaska, 3601 C Street, Suite 540, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. 7 AAC 27.030. Export and intrastate transportation of animals. (a) Areas of Infection. Whenever the commissioner of health finds that animals of any kind in a specific area are afflicted with a disease contagious to man and are liable to spread that disease from that area so as to endanger the public health, the commissioner may declare it an area of infection. No person may, after the date of that declaration, transport or offer for