| (a) The Executive Director is authorized to act for
the commission in order to respond expeditiously to an animal health
emergency. All actions of the Executive Director, under this chapter,
will be in accordance with any direction, action or authorization
provided by the commission.
(b) The commission may act to eradicate or control
any disease or agent of disease transmission that affects livestock,
exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl if the disease or
agent of disease transmission is:
(1) recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture
as a foreign animal disease or a reportable animal disease;
(2) the subject of a cooperative eradication program
with the United States Department of Agriculture;
(3) reportable to the World Organisation for Animal
Health (OIE);
(4) is the subject of a state of emergency, as declared
by the Governor;
(5) any individual case report, outbreak, emerging
disease, or unusual group expression of disease or agent of disease
transmission, which affects livestock, exotic livestock, domestic
fowl, or exotic fowl other than bluetongue; or
(6) a disease or agent of disease transmission designated
by the Texas Animal Health Commission in §45.3(c) of this title.
(c) If the Executive Director determines that livestock
have been exposed to or infected with a disease, other than bluetongue,
or an agent of transmission of one of the diseases listed in §45.3(a)
- (c) of this title and determines that an animal health emergency
exists, then the Executive Director is authorized to exercise all
the necessary authority through this chapter to act for the commission
to respond as expediently as possible to the emergency.
(d) The Executive Director is authorized to determine
the necessary requirements related to quarantine, disposal, testing,
movement, inspection, and treatment.
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