Specifies that the Act may be referred to as the Rabies Vaccination Access for Shelters and Public Health Act. Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 and the Animal Control Act. Allows a licensed veterinarian to delegate rabies vaccination within an animal shelter, animal control facility, or government-authorized public health vaccination clinic to a certified veterinary technician or trained shelter vaccine administrator who is acting under the veterinarian's indirect supervision. Requires written protocols, training verification, and oversight by the supervising veterinarian. Directs the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 and the Department of Agriculture under the Animal Control Act to adopt rules within 12 months of the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective January 1, 2027.
House Committee Amendment No. 1: In the legislative findings, replaces a reference to indirect supervision with a reference to direct supervision. In requirements for rabies vaccination, requires the supervising licensed veterinarian to assume professional responsibility for the rabies vaccine administered to the patient by the individuals acting under the veterinarian's direction (rather than to be responsible for oversight of the vaccine administration).

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 225 ILCS 115/30, 510 ILCS 5/8