By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1780
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 24, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of rabies vaccine under a local
rabies control program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 826, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 826.018 to read as follows:
Sec. 826.018. LOCAL RABIES CONTROL PROGRAMS. (a) This
section applies to a veterinarian who:
(1) is employed by a county or municipality; and
(2) administers or supervises the administration of
rabies vaccine as part of a local rabies control program
established by a county or municipality under this chapter.
(b) A veterinarian described by Subsection (a) is not
required to establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship
before administering rabies vaccine or supervising the
administration of rabies vaccine.
(c) To the extent of any conflict between this section and
any other law or rule relating to the administration of rabies
vaccine, this section controls.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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