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Clerk 02/27/2015
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A RULE AND REGULATION for the protection of the public health against the spread of rabies; amending R&R 04-01, Section 2 (part), as amended, and BOH 8.04.003, R&R 04-01, Section 2 (part), as amended, and BOH 8.04.005, R&R 30, Section 1, as amended, and BOH 8.04.010, and R&R 30, Section 4, as amended, and BOH 8.04.040; enacted pursuant to RCW 70.05.060, including the latest amendments or revisions thereto.
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BE IT ADOPTED BY THE KING COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH:
SECTION 1. R&R 04-01, Section 2 (part), as amended, and BOH 8.04.003 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
A. "Animal control authority" means the county or municipal animal control agency, acting alone or in concert with other municipalities, having authority for the enforcement of the animal control laws, ordinances or regulations of the state, county or municipality, and the shelter and welfare of animals.
B. "Caretaker" means the owner or any person authorized by the owner to provide daily management of an animal, including but not limited to maintaining the animal in a controlled or confined manner in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations, and providing the animal with food, water, shelter, sanitary services and health care as required.
C. "Cat" means an animal of the ((genus)) species Felis domesticus, and excludes felid hybrid animals.
D. "Dog" means an animal of the ((genus)) species Canis familiaris and excludes ((wolf-dog)) canid hybrid animals.
E. "Euthanize" means to humanely destroy an animal by a method that involves instantaneous unconsciousness and immediate death or by a method that causes painless loss of consciousness and death during the loss of consciousness.
F. "Exposed to a suspected or confirmed rabid animal" or "suspected rabies exposure" includes probable or suspected contact wit...

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