Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services
Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Subchapter B - CONTROL OF RABIES
Section 16.25 - General quarantine order
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
If the incidence of rabies in domestic or wild animals in a given area of this Commonwealth causes a serious risk of exposing humans or domestic animals to rabies in that area, the Department may impose, by posting and advertising in at least one newspaper, a general quarantine order restricting the movement of animals into, within or from that infected area to prevent rabies from being carried within or out of the infected area.
(1) If a general quarantine order has been imposed, no animals may be allowed to move from the owner's premises unless under the direct control of the owner.
(2) A domestic animal found running at large in violation of the general quarantine order may be captured, confined or humanely euthanatized by a police officer or an officer or agent of the Department without liability.
(3) A dog found running at large in violation of the general quarantine order shall be treated in accordance with sections 302 and 303 of the Dog Law (3 P. S. § § 459-302 and 459-303).
