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Texas Agriculture Code - AGRIC § 161.0603. Laboratory Testing

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is the state's regulatory animal health laboratory.

(b) This section does not prevent the commission from:

(1) using a laboratory other than the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory for a test as needed; or

(2) collecting specimens and performing field tests to diagnose animal diseases.

(c) The commission and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to:

(1) establish the laboratory services to be performed by the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory;

(2) provide reporting requirements for the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory on all test requests received from the commission; and

(3) set fees associated with laboratory services performed for the commission in amounts sufficient to recover the costs of those services.

(d) The commission and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall annually review the memorandum of understanding under Subsection (c).

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