(1) Upon consideration of the discretion and advice of the local health officer, any animal which bites or otherwise exposes a person may be isolated in strict confinement in a place and manner as described in ARM 32.3.1203 and observed for at least ten days after the day of infliction of the bite.

(2) In officially quarantined rabies areas the isolation described in (1) shall be mandatory for any animal of a species subject to rabies that has bitten or otherwise exposed a person or other animal.

(3) If any sign of illness develops in the isolated animal it is to be evaluated by a deputy state veterinarian and if in his judgment it is warranted, the animal may be humanely destroyed and the brain or other suitable tissue tested in a qualified laboratory for rabies. Any stray or unwanted wild or domestic animal that bites a person may be killed immediately and the head submitted to a laboratory for a rabies examination.