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Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 801.352. Prohibition Against Interference or Intervention

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

(a) The professional services of a veterinarian may not be controlled or exploited by a person who:

(1) is not a veterinarian;  and

(2) intervenes between the veterinarian and the veterinarian's client.

(b) A veterinarian may not:

(1) allow a person who does not hold a license to practice veterinary medicine issued under this chapter to interfere with or intervene in the veterinarian's practice of veterinary medicine;  or

(2) submit to interference or intervention by a person who does not hold a license to practice veterinary medicine issued under this chapter.

(c) A veterinarian shall avoid a relationship that may result in interference with or intervention in the veterinarian's practice of veterinary medicine by a person who does not hold a license to practice veterinary medicine issued under this chapter.

(d) A veterinarian is responsible for the veterinarian's actions.  The veterinarian is directly responsible to the client and for the care and treatment of the patient.

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