{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-258.005","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 258.005","heading":"Definitions for KRS 258.005 to 258.087.","body":"As used in KRS 258.005 to 258.087, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(1) \"Dog\" means any canine three (3) months of age or older for which there exists a\nUnited States Department of Agriculture approved rabies vaccine;\n(2) \"Owner\" means any person own ing, keeping, or harboring a dog, cat, or ferret in\nKentucky;\n(3) \"Veterinarian\" has the same meaning as in KRS 321.181;\n(4) \"Qualified person\" means a person granted a permit by the secretary for health and\nfamily services to vaccinate his or her own dog against rabies;\n(5) \"Vaccination\" means the administration by a veterinarian, veterinary technician, or\nother qualified person of rabies vaccine approved by and administered in\naccordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the secretary for hea lth\nand family services;\n(6) \"Cat\" means any feline three (3) months of age or older for which there exists a\nUnited States Department of Agriculture approved rabies vaccine;\n(7) \"Animal control officer\" means an individual who is employed or appointed by,  or\nhas contracted with:\n(a) A city, county, urban -county government, charter county, or consolidated\nlocal government to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of\nthe Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to cruelty, mistreatment, sexual crim es\nagainst, or torture of animals, and local animal control ordinances; or\n(b) An entity that has contracted with a city, county, urban -county government,\ncharter county, or consolidated local government to enforce the provisions of\nthis chapter, the provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to\ncruelty, mistreatment, sexual crimes against, or torture of animals, and local\nanimal control ordinances;\n(8) \"Ferret\" means any musteline three (3) months of age or older for which there exists\na United States Department of Agriculture approved rabies vaccine;\n(9) \"Quarantine\" means the confinement of an animal for observation of clinical signs\nof illness indi cating rabies infection, and the prevention of escape or contact with\nany person or other animal; and\n(10) \"Veterinary technician\" means a \"veterinary technician\" as that term is defined in\nKRS 321.181, who is under the direct supervision of a veterinarian  who is located\non the premises of the facility.","path":["KRS Chapter 258"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57595","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:06Z","sha256":"42d90e12dd5931096e4998630a1600475f946925fb53dd5392f59e55087c5aec","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-257.990","next":"us-ky/krs-258.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}