Nashville TN Metro/Davidson County Rabies Ordinance 3 Year
From: Hager, Brent (Health) Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:08 PM To: Paul, Bill (Health) Subject: METRO/DAVIDSON (NASHVILLE) RABIES MCL 8.04.040 states "All licenses issued shall be valid for twelve months and shall expire on the last day of the month issued of the following year". The vaccine used, however, can be a one year or three year at the discretion of the vet or owner. If you have any questions about this, please contact Dr. Hager at: Dr. Brent Hager, Director of Environmental Health Metro Public Health Department of Nashville/Davidson County 311 23rd Avenue North Nashville, TN 37203 615-340-5653 (office) |
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| That reads to me as: "You can use the three year vaccine, but your dog will still need to be vaccinated every year. "
Unless they can issue licenses in the subsequent years based on previous vaccinations. But that's a really difficult concept to regulate, somim thinking my first paragraph is what was meant. |
| After rereading that for the fifth time, I'm uncertain as to the intent. Is the law referring to the dog license independently from the rabies vaccination? |
| Ron,
I called Dr. Hager this morning and he said that a dog only needs to be "currently vaccinated" in order to be licensed every year. They do not need to have a rabies vaccine every year in order to be licensed annually. Kris |
| This has caused confusion at our vets office. The vets have the records and have to be contacted for verification from groomers--doggy day care etc. My vet will vaccinate for three years--but the license says one year and they are not issued again until the next vaccination. |
| If your vet is vaccinating with a 3 year rabies vaccine, then you should receive a 3 year rabies certificate. You can bring that when you go to the groomers, if you don't have one, call and get one from your vet and ask for a copy of your dog's medical records at the same time. |
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