Any person who owns or keeps a dog or cat over the age of three months in this state shall have the dog or cat vaccinated against rabies as prescribed by regulation of the health and environment department [department of health]. All antirabies vaccine shall be administered by or under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian who shall issue a serially numbered certificate and tag for each such administration.
History: 1953 Comp., § 47-1-2.1, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 176, § 1; 1973, ch. 170, § 1; 1977, ch. 253, § 55; 1979, ch. 194, § 1.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 16 repealed former 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, relating to the health and environment department, and enacted a new 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, creating the department of health.
The 1979 amendment substituted "as prescribed by regulation of the health and environment department" for "annually with a vaccine approved by the director of the health services division of the health and environment department" at the end of the first sentence and added "who shall issue a serially numbered certificate and tag for each such administration" at the end of the second sentence.
The 1977 amendment substituted "health services division of the health and environment department" for "health and social services department" in the first sentence.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Liability for injuries caused by cat, 68 A.L.R.4th 823.
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