Section 161.0603 - Laboratory Testing(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).Tex. Agric. Code § 161.0603
Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 849,Sec. 10, eff. 9/1/2021.