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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the supervision required for certain persons who |
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administer rabies vaccinations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 826.023, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), rabies [Rabies] |
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vaccine for animals may be administered only by or under the direct |
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supervision of a veterinarian. |
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(f) A trained staff member of a municipal or county animal |
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shelter may administer rabies vaccine to an animal kept or |
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impounded at the animal shelter under the general supervision of a |
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veterinarian. For the purposes of this subsection, "animal |
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shelter" has the meaning assigned by Section 823.001 and "general |
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supervision" has the meaning assigned by Section 801.002, |
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Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 801, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 801.3515 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 801.3515. EXCEPTION TO VETERINARIAN-CLIENT-PATIENT |
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RELATIONSHIP REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ADMINISTER RABIES |
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VACCINE. A person who administers rabies vaccine under the general |
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supervision of a veterinarian as provided by Section 826.023(f), |
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Health and Safety Code, and the veterinarian who provides that |
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supervision are not required to establish a |
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veterinarian-client-patient relationship before administering the |
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rabies vaccine. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |