64D-3.033. Notification by Others

(1) In addition to the individuals required to report under Section 381.0031, F.S., the following persons are required to report suspected rabies exposure to humans as well as conditions that they diagnose or suspect in animals pursuant to subsection 64D-3.039(2), F.A.C.:

(a) Animal control officers operating under Section 828.27, F.S.;

(b) Employees or agents of a public or private agency, animal shelter, or other facility that is operated for the collection and care of stray, neglected, abandoned, or unwanted animals;

(c) Animal disease laboratories licensed under Section 585.61, F.S.;

(d) Wildlife officers operating under Section 372.07, F.S.;

(e) Wildlife rehabilitators permitted by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission under Rule 68A-9.008, F.A.C.; and,

(f) Florida state park personnel operating under Section 258.007, F.S.

(2) Reports are to be submitted to the county health department having jurisdiction for the area in which the event occurred.

(3) Reports are to be submitted within time frames and by means as specified in subsections 64D-3.029(1) and (3), F.A.C.

(4) Reports shall include as much of the following as is available to the reporter:

(a) The animal’s name; species; breed; sex; color; age; rabies vaccination status; date of onset of signs; signs; and ownership status (owned/feral/wild); location of the animal sighting(s) even if no person was exposed.

(b) If the animal is owned, the animal owner’s first, middle and last name; address, including street, street number, city, state and zip code; and telephone numbers, (work, home and/or cell) including area code.

(c) Where relevant, the exposed person’s first, middle and last name; address, including street, street number, city, state and zip code; telephone numbers (work, home and/or cell), including area code; age; sex; date of exposure; the geographic location where the exposure occurred or location of the animal sighting(s); date of onset of symptoms; name, address and telephone numbers, including the area code of the reporter; and any other epidemiological information requested by the Department.

(d) Reports from an Animal Disease Laboratory shall include the submitting veterinarian’s first, middle and last name; address, including street, street number, city, state and zip code; telephone numbers (work, home and/or cell), including area code; type of diagnostic tests (for example culture, IgM, serology, Western Blot or culture); type(s) of specimen (for example feces, urine, blood, mucus, etc.); date(s) of specimen collection; site (for example cloaca, eye, etc., if applicable); diagnostic test results, including titer when quantitative procedures are performed, and including all available results on grouping or typing of organisms.

Rulemaking Authority 381.0011(2), 381.0031(8) FS. Law Implemented 381.0031(3), (4), (8) FS. History–New 11-20-06, Amended 10-20-16.