MASSACHUSETTS Rabies Bill SB 784 -- Medical Exemption

Massachusetts Senate Bill #784, An Act Relative to Rabies Vaccination for Dogs and Cats http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/ ... t00784.htm, has been introduced by Senator Panagiotakos and will include language into the rabies law allowing medical exemptions for dogs and cats for whom a medical condition precludes vaccination.

What You Can Do to Help

Please contact your Legislators and ask them to pass Senate Bill #784 and ask everyone you know in Massachusetts to do the same.
Find Your Legislator by Town http://www.mass.gov/legis/city_town.htm

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...and while you're at it, ask them to rescind the quarrantine period for dogs from out of state. I'll have to look up the specifics.
This is actually not legislation that I or The Rabies Challenge Fund initiated -- Joann Camilli, the groomer whose show poodle, Louis, died a few hours after a rabies booster is the one who got this together.

There is exemption language in the current rabies law, but it is not where one might expect to find it, and it does not specify how long the waiver is good for, etc.... so I suspect that is why this bill was introduced.

You should contact your Senator or Representative and ask them to attach the language you're interested. If you want Joann's e-mail, contact me privately and I'll give it to you so you can contact her.

If you're looking for the quarantine language, here's a link to the law:

The General Laws of Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/140-145b.htm

Title XX Chapter 140: Section 145B. Vaccination against rabies; certificate; tag; proof of vaccination; penalty
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