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BOOK 11 , ~~E 86 Sec. 3. Inoculation (a) Upon complying with the provisions of Section 2 of this article, there shall be issued to the owner of the animal inoculated a numbered metallic tag, stamped with the number and the year for which issued, and indicating that the animal has been inoculated against rabies. (b) It shall be unlawful for any dog owner to fail to provide the dog with a collar or harness to which a current tag issued under this section is securely attached. The collar or harness, with attached tag, must be worn at all times, except as provided by Article I, Section 10 of this ordinance. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to use for any animals a rabies inoculation tag issued for an animal other than the one using the tag. Sec. 4. Report and confinement of animals biting persons or showing symptoms of rabies. (a) Every dog which has bitten any person or which shows symptoms of rabies shall be confined immediately and shall be promptly reported to the Animal Control Section, and thereupon shall be securely quarantined, at the direction of the Animal Control Section, for a period of ten (10) days, and shall not be released from such quarantine except by written permission from the Animal Control Section. (b) Dogs quarantined under this section shall be confined in a veterinary hospital, boarding kennel, or county animal shelter, at the expense of the owner; provided, however, that if an animal control officer determines that the owner of an animal which must be quarantined has adequate confine- ment facilities upon his own premises, the animal control officer shall authorize the animal to be confined on such premises. The animal control officer may not authorize the animal to be confined on the owner's premises unless the owner has a fenced-in area in his yard and the fenced-in area has no entrances or exits that are not locked, and the animal is currently vaccinated against rabies and has a current inoculation tag. If the animal is confined on the owner's premises, the animal control officer shall revisit the premises for inspection purposes at approximately the middle of the confinement period and again at the conclusion of the confinement period. (c) In the case of stray dogs whose ownership is not known, the dogs may be euthanized and the head examined for rabies or kept for the supervised quarantine period required by this section at the county animal shelter. (d) If rabies does not develop within ten (10) days after a dog is quarantined under this section, the dog may be released from quarantine with the written permission of the Animal Control Section. If the dog has been