(1) Whenever an Animal Control Officer suspects that any animal capable of transmitting rabies is infected with such disease or the animal has inflicted a bite wound where the skin has been perforated, the Officer shall immediately impound and hold the animal until the Director, his designee, or the shelter officer reviews pertinent details as follows:

If, after examination of the above details, the need for quarantine is established, an Animal Control Officer shall prescribe procedures for and a period for quarantine, not to exceed ten (10) days, and shall notify the owner in writing. At the discretion of the Animal Control Officer, such animal shall be quarantined at the shelter or upon the premises of any licensed veterinarian where conditions of quarantine are strictly kept.

(2) The quarantined animal shall not be released from quarantine until after the period of quarantine has expired and the animal has been examined by a licensed veterinarian and found free from any signs or symptoms of rabies or other zoonotic disease and the required vaccinations have been obtained, and the owner has paid the cost of quarantine and examination. At the expiration of the ten (10) day period, animals still suspected of being affected by rabies shall be humanely destroyed and tissue submitted for rabies testing.