SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1134

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment 

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15            page 3, line 6, delete those lines

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18         (4)  Any information contained in the rabies

19  vaccination certificate provided to the animal control

20  authority which identifies the owner of the animal vaccinated

21  is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a),

22  Art. I of the State Constitution. However, the physician of,

23  or any person who has been bitten, scratched, or otherwise

24  exposed to a zoonotic disease and the veterinarian who is

25  treating an animal that has been bitten, scratched, or

26  otherwise exposed to a zoonotic disease or the owner of an

27  animal that has been bitten, scratched, or otherwise exposed

28  to a zoonotic disease, shall be provided with any information

29  contained in a rabies vaccination certificate, but only with

30  respect to the particular animal biting, scratching, or

31  otherwise causing exposure. Any person with an animal tag

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1134

    Amendment No.    





 1  number may receive information on a vaccination certificate

 2  with regard to that animal. Federal, state, and local law

 3  enforcement and prosecutorial agencies; other animal control

 4  authorities; and emergency and medical response, disease

 5  control, or other governmental health agencies shall be

 6  provided information contained in the rabies vaccination

 7  certificate for the purpose of controlling the transmission of

 8  rabies; however, such information may not be released to the

 9  public. Any person, pursuant to a written request, may view or

10  copy any individual rabies vaccination certificate, one record

11  at a time. A copy of any existing database may be obtained if

12  the owner's name, street address, phone number, and the animal

13  tag number are not made available.

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15  This exemption is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review

16  Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand

17  repealed on October 2, 2002, unless reviewed and saved from

18  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

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