SENATE BILL 70

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Kay Papen







AN ACT

RELATING TO ANIMALS; PROVIDING FOR VACCINATIONS FOR DOGS AND CATS EVERY THREE YEARS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 77-1-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1959, Chapter 176, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

"77-1-3. VACCINATION OF DOGS AND CATS REQUIRED.--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 no more frequently than every three years and otherwise as prescribed by regulation of the [health and environment] department of health. All anti-rabies 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."