(A) When any animal subject to rabies has bitten, scratched or attacked any person, or when an animal is suspected of having rabies, it shall be the duty of any person having knowledge of such facts to report the same immediately to the animal control officer. Such report shall be made to the Olathe Police Department.

Such animal shall not be killed but shall be confined for a period of ten (10) days at the Olathe animal shelter or upon the premises of a duly licensed veterinarian located within the corporate limits of the City of Olathe, Kansas.

No person shall release from confinement any such animal or remove such animal from its place of confinement to another place without the consent of the animal control officer. The confinement of the animal shall be at the expense of the owner or custodian of such animal. Following consultation with a licensed veterinarian, if the animal control officer has reasonable cause to believe the animal is diseased, or upon exigent circumstances, the animal control officer shall be empowered to order examination of such animal to determine whether it may have rabies. No person shall refuse to surrender any animal for quarantine when demand is made by the order of the animal control officer. If the animal dies or is killed, a laboratory examination of the head shall be made at the expense of the animal’s owner or custodian.

(B) As an alternative to subsection A, the animal control officer may authorize the confinement of the animal on the owner’s premises if at the time of the bite, scratch or attack the animal was not running at large as defined by Section 8.02.020 and if the owner produces a current rabies vaccination certificate showing that the animal has been vaccinated. The expiration date of the rabies vaccination shall be recorded on the vaccination certificate along with positive identification of the animal for which such certificate is issued. The owner of the animal must sign a written agreement to keep the animal confined as directed by the animal control officer and further agrees to allow the animal to be examined periodically to determine its physical condition during the confinement period. The animal must be confined as directed by the animal control officer.

(C) The provisions of Section 8.10.100 do not apply to police dogs.

(D) Any person refusing or failing to comply with the provisions of this section or with the order or directives of the animal control officer relating thereto shall be guilty of the commission of a Class B public offense. (Ord. 10-31 § 12, 2010; Ord. 97-45 § 1, 1997; Ord. 95-47 § 1, 1995; Ord. 88-120 § 3, 1988; Ord. 87-173 § 2, 1987.)