Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-19-307. Confinement of animal when person bitten

(a)(1)(A) Whenever the health authorities, county sheriff's office, or municipal police officers in cooperation with health authorities receive information that any person has been bitten by a dog, cat, or other animal that has not received a current vaccination against rabies or it is unknown if the dog, cat, or other animal has received a vaccination against rabies, these local public officials acting in cooperation shall have the dog or other animal confined and observed.

(B) If the dog, cat, or other animal has received a current vaccination against rabies and the owner provides proof of the current vaccination, the owner may confine and observe the dog, cat, or other animal.

(2)(A) All other species of animals are to be confined and observed for rabies in the same manner, except the time element will vary so as to compensate for the difference in the incubation period of the disease.

(B) This adjusted time element is to be determined by consultation with the Department of Health.

(C) If there is no known incubation period, the animal may be euthanized and tested at the discretion of the department.