Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.115 · Subchapter E. DRUGS AND DEVICES
NEW ANIMAL DRUGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A new animal drug shall, with respect to any particular use or intended use of the drug, be deemed unsafe for the purposes of this chapter unless:
(1) there is in effect an approval of an application filed pursuant to Section 512(b) of the federal Act with respect to the use or intended use of the drug; and
(2) the drug, its labeling, and the use conforms to the approved application.
(b) A new animal drug shall not be deemed unsafe for the purposes of this chapter if the article is for investigational use and conforms to the terms of an exemption in effect with respect thereto under Section 512(j) of the federal Act.
(c) This section does not apply to any drug:
(1) licensed under the virus-serum-toxin law of March 4, 1913 (21 U.S.C. 151-159);
(2) approved by the United States Department of Agriculture; or
(3) approved by the department by the authority of any prior law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 158, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0971, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.431.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.115. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.021PROHIBITED ACTS.Printed as Section 431.084, 431.114, or 431.115
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.048DETAINED OR EMBARGOED ARTICLE.Printed as Section 431.084, 431.114, or 431.115
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.050CONDEMNATION.Printed as Section 431.084, 431.114, or 431.115
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