Texas Agriculture Code
§ 161.101 — DUTY TO REPORT
AG § 161.101Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS · Part C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 161. GENERAL DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL · Art. F. VETERINARIAN REPORTS OF DISEASED ANIMALS
Statute text
View on source(a)A veterinarian, a veterinary diagnostic laboratory, or a person having care, custody, or control of an animal shall report to the commission the existence of diseases listed in rules adopted by the commission among livestock, exotic livestock, bison, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl within 24 hours after diagnosis of the disease. The commission shall adopt and periodically update rules listing the diseases that the commission determines require reporting under this section. Section 2001.0045, Government Code, does not apply to rules adopted under this subsection.
(b)In addition to reporting required by Subsection (a), the commission may adopt rules that require a veterinarian, a veterinary diagnostic laboratory, or a person having care, custody, or control of an animal to report the existence of a disease other than bluetongue in an animal to the commission within 24 hours after diagnosis if the disease:
(1)is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture as:
(A)a foreign animal disease; or
(B)a reportable animal disease;
(2)is the subject of a cooperative eradication program with the United States Department of Agriculture;
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (H.B. 4006), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. 705), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2021.