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Texas Legislation and the Rules of the Board of Health (Texas Administrative Code)

• Treatment and Disposition of Animals - Chapter 821 – Texas Health and Safety Code
  
  • Standards For Allowable Methods of Euthanasia For Animals In The Custody of an Animal Shelter - Chapter 169 – Texas Administrative Code
• Regulation of Animals - Chapter 822 – Texas Health and Safety Code
  • Caging Requirements and Standards for Dangerous Wild Animals – Chapter 169.131 - Texas Administrative Code
• Animal Shelters - Chapter 823 - Texas Health and Safety Code
• Circuses, Carnivals, and Zoos - Chapter 2152 - Occupations Code
  • Care of Animals by Circuses, Carnivals, and Zoos – Chapter 169, Subchapter B - Texas Administrative Code
    
• Predatory Animals and Animal Pests - Chapter 825 – Texas Health and Safety Code
  
• Rabies - Chapter 826 – Texas Health and Safety Code
  • Rabies Control and Eradication - Chapter 169, Subchapter A, – Texas Administrative Code
    
• Dog and Cat Sterilization - Chapter 828 – Texas Health and Safety Code
  • Dog and Cat Sterilization – Chapter 169, Subchapter E – Texas Administrative Code
  • Sterilization of Animals From Releasing Agencies – Rules of Professional Conduct, Sec. 573.76 – Texas Administrative Code
• Animal Control Officer Training – Chapter 829 – Texas Health and Safety Code
• Communicable Diseases – Chapter 81 –Texas Health and Safety Code
  • Control of Communicable Diseases – Chapter 97, Subchapter A, 1–6 - Texas Administrative Code (Rules concerning the diseases in animals that are notifiable by veterinarians)
• Animal-Borne Diseases, Sections 81.351-353 - Subchapter I. Texas Health and Safety Code
  • Reptile - Associated Salmonellosis – Chapter 169, Subchapter F – Texas Administrative Code
    
• Provision of Anti–Rabies Biologicals – Chapter 97, Subchapter E – Texas Administrative Code
• Cruelty to Livestock Animals (42.09), Attack on Assistance Animal (42.091), Cruelty to Nonlivestock Animals (42.092), and Dog Fighting (42.10) – Chapter 42 –Texas Penal Code
• Estrays – Chapter 142 – Texas Agriculture Code
• Game and Non–game Animals – Chapter 63 – Texas Parks and Wildlife Code
• Non-indigenous Snake Permit (43.851) – Chapter 43 – Texas Parks and Wildlife Code
  
  

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