North Carolina § 130A-190 - Rabies vaccination tags.

§ 130A-190. Rabies vaccination tags.

Issuance. - A person who administers a rabies vaccine shall issue a rabies vaccination tag to the owner of the animal. The rabies vaccination tag shall show the year issued, a vaccination number, the words "North Carolina" or the initials "N.C." and the words "rabies vaccine." Dogs shall wear rabies vaccination tags at all times. Cats and ferrets must wear rabies vaccination tags unless they are exempt from wearing the tags by local ordinance. Fee. - Rabies vaccination tags, links, and rivets may be obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services. The Secretary is authorized to collect a fee for the rabies tags, links, and rivets in accordance with this subsection. The fee for each tag is the sum of the following: The actual cost of the rabies tag, links, and rivets. Transportation costs. Fifteen cents (15›). This portion of the fee shall be used to fund rabies education and prevention programs. Repealed by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 11.4(h), effective October 1, 2010. Repealed by Session Laws 2007-487, s. 1, effective January 1, 2008. History (1935, c. 122, s. 6; 1941, c. 259, s. 5; 1959, c. 352; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 1997-69, s. 1; 2000-163, s. 2; 2007-487, s. 1; 2009-327, s. 6; 2010-31, s. 11.4(h).) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-487, s. 1, effective January 1, 2008, added "Issuance" at the beginning of subsection (a); rewrote subsection (b); and repealed former subsection (c) which pertained to special edition rabies tags. Session Laws 2009-327, s. 6, effective October 1, 2009, in subsection (a), in the first sentence, substituted "person who administers a rabies vaccine" for "licensed veterinarian or a certified rabies vaccinator who administers rabies vaccine to a dog or cat" at the beginning; in the third sentence, deleted "and cats" following "Dogs"; and rewrote the last sentence. Session Laws 2010-31, s. 11.4(h), effective October 1, 2010, in the introductory paragraph in subsection (b), added "of Health and Human Services" at the end of the first sentence, and in the second sentence, substituted "authorized to collect a fee" for "authorized to establish by rule a fee"; in subdivision (b)(3), substituted "Fifteen cents (15 › )" for "Five cents (5 › )"; and deleted subdivision (b)(4), which read: "Twenty cents (20 › ). This portion of the fee shall be credited to the Spay/Neuter Account established in G.S. 19A-62 and used to fund statewide spay/neuter programs. This portion of the fee shall not be imposed for tags provided to persons who operate establishments primarily for the purpose of boarding or training hunting dogs or who own and vaccinate 10 or more dogs per year."