This rule sets the minimum standards for personnel who perform
certain activities that are part of a disease control or eradication
program pursuant to Texas Agriculture Code §161.0417.
(1) Authorized personnel shall:
(A) Recognize all commission required animal identification
systems applicable to the disease control or eradication programs
for which the authorized person performs activities;
(B) Apply all animal identification for commission
required animal identification systems applicable to the disease control
or eradication programs for which the authorized person performs activities;
(C) Properly complete official documents;
(D) Submit official documents to the commission in
a timely manner as prescribed by commission or USDA rule;
(E) Recognize and report clinical signs and lesions
of diseases applicable to the disease control or eradication program
for which the authorized person performs activities;
(F) Properly collect and ship sample specimens, as
prescribed by the commission, to an appropriate laboratory for testing
with complete and accurate paperwork;
(G) Properly perform testing for the disease control
or eradication program for which the authorized person performs activities;
(H) Perform official tests, inspections, treatments,
and vaccinations and shall submit specimens to designated laboratories
as prescribed by the commission;
(I) Immediately report to the commission diagnosed
or suspected cases of a communicable animal disease for which the
commission has a disease control or eradication program;
(J) Immediately report to the commission the existence
of a disease listed in §45.2 of this title (relating to Duty
to Report);
(K) Take such measures of sanitation as are necessary
to prevent the spread of communicable diseases of animals by the authorized
person while performing program activities;
(L) Keep him or herself currently informed on state
rules governing the movement of animals and on procedures applicable
to disease control and eradication programs for which the authorized
person performs activities;
(M) Secure and properly use all official documents
and approved digital signature capabilities used in his or her work
and take reasonable care to prevent the misuse thereof; and
(N) Immediately report to the commission the loss,
theft, or deliberate or accidental misuse of an official document
or digital signature used in the authorized person's work.
(2) An authorized person shall not issue, or allow
to be used, any official document, until, and unless, it has been
accurately and fully completed, clearly identifying the animals to
which it applies, and showing the dates and results of any inspection,
test, vaccination, or treatment the authorized person has conducted
and the dates of issuance and expiration of the document.
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