Tex. Agric. Code § 161.0417 · Subchapter C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL FOR DISEASE CONTROL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person, including a veterinarian, must be authorized by the commission in order to engage in an activity that is part of a state or federal disease control or eradication program for animals.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules for the authorization of a person described by Subsection (a).
(c) The commission may, after reasonable notice, suspend or revoke a person's authorization under Subsection (a) if the commission determines that the person has substantially failed to comply with this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter.
(d) A person is entitled to a hearing before the commission or a hearing examiner appointed by the commission before the commission may revoke the person's authorization under Subsection (a). The commission shall make all final decisions to suspend or revoke an authorization.
(e) This section does not affect the requirement for a license or an exemption under Chapter 801, Occupations Code, to practice veterinary medicine.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1090 (H.B. 3569), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.161.htm
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