Ky. Rev. Stat. § 258.005

Current through Acts Received April 24, 2024

Section 258.005 - Definitions for KRS 258.005 to 258.087

As used in KRS 258.005 to 258.087, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Dog" means any canine three (3) months of age or older for which there exists a United States Department of Agriculture approved rabies vaccine;

(2) "Owner" means any person owning, keeping, or harboring a dog, cat, or ferret in Kentucky;

(3) "Veterinarian" means a licensed practitioner of veterinary medicine;

(4) "Qualified person" means a person granted a permit by the secretary for health and family services to vaccinate his own dog against rabies;

(5) "Vaccination" means the administration by a veterinarian or other qualified person of rabies vaccine approved by and administered in accordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the secretary for health and family services;

(6) "Cat" means any feline three (3) months of age or older for which there exists a United States Department of Agriculture approved rabies vaccine;

(7) "Animal control officer" means an individual who is employed or appointed by, or has contracted with:

(a) A city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to cruelty, mistreatment, sexual crimes against, or torture of animals, and local animal control ordinances; or

(b) An entity that has contracted with a city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to cruelty, mistreatment, sexual crimes against, or torture of animals, and local animal control ordinances;

(8) "Ferret" means any musteline three (3) months of age or older for which there exists a United States Department of Agriculture approved rabies vaccine; and

(9) "Quarantine" means the confinement of an animal for observation of clinical signs of illness indicating rabies infection, and the prevention of escape or contact with any person or other animal.

KRS 258.005

Amended by 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 184,§ 2, eff. 6/26/2019.

Effective:6/20/2005
Amended 2005, Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 568, effective6/20/2005. -- Amended 2004, Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 2, effective 7/13/2004. -- Amended 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 514, effective 7/15/1998. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 37, sec. 1, effective 6/17/1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1). --Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 1, effective 6/17/1954.