Revision: Nov. 16, 2023, 12:57 p.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2431.1
08/02
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to exemptions from the rabies vaccine.
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes the requirement that dogs exempt from the rabies vaccine be muzzled.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2431.1
08/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to exemptions from the rabies vaccine.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Rabies Vaccine; Exemption. Amend RSA 436:100, II to read as follows:
II. A rabies immunization exemption may be issued, where illness or a veterinary medical condition warrants, by the local rabies control authority upon the written recommendation of a veterinarian licensed under RSA 332-B. [The recommendation shall also be signed by an American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine diplomate and the state veterinarian.] The exemption shall be valid for one year. After the initial one year has expired and if the animal still qualifies for the exemption, the exemption shall be recertified by a veterinarian licensed under RSA 332-B on an annual basis. [The exempted animal shall be maintained in strict rabies isolation, under conditions that are at the discretion of the local rabies control authority, until such time as the medical condition has been resolved and the animal can be immunized against rabies.] Exempted animals shall not be allowed outdoors without being on a leash and shall be under the direct physical control of an adult owner at all times. [In addition, when the animal is outdoors, it shall be muzzled in a manner approved by the local rabies control authority.]