N.Y. Public Health Law § 2142: Rabies; emergency provisions

§ 2142. Rabies; emergency provisions. Whenever the commissioner

confirms an outbreak of the disease rabies in terrestrial animals in any

county or the vicinity thereof, the commissioner shall declare a rabies

alert for that area and so certify to the county or local health

authorities or any local health district contained therein. It shall be

the duty of the health officials to immediately and annually thereafter

publish a notice of the existence of the disease, together with a

summary of the provisions of this title, in a newspaper generally

circulated within the county or local health district, or to post

notices in several conspicuous places, or both. Such certification shall

remain in force until such time as the commissioner confirms that the

outbreak is over.