7.24.080 Cooperation with Alaska State Department of Health and Social Services.
A. The city may defer to the judgment of the Alaska State Department of Health and Social Services on rabies issues. The city may cooperate on issues including, but not limited to:
1. Surrendering jurisdiction of an animal to the state;
2. Cooperation in state-authorized quarantines;
3. Cooperation in identification of rabies cases;
4. Control of the spread of rabies, including the euthanasia of animals in order to test brain tissue.
B. The city may enter into cooperative agreements with the Alaska State Department of Health and Social Services regarding the protocol for addressing rabies and potential rabies cases for all animals within the city, whether the animals are categorized as domestic, domesticated, wild or otherwise categorized. The protocol may be set forth in animal control policies, regulations and procedures adopted by an agency authorized by contract with the city.
C. Where city law conflicts with state law concerning rabies control, state law shall be controlling. (Ord. 09-69(AM) § 8, 2009; prior code § 12.20.080)