Rabies Control Act
Texas · HS · §§ 826.001 to 826.055 · 34 sections
Overview
The act governs the prevention and control of rabies in domestic animals, requiring that dogs and cats be vaccinated against the disease and setting statewide minimum standards administered by the state health agency. It builds a shared state-and-local framework: counties and municipalities may adopt the act and pass their own ordinances, designate a local rabies control authority, operate local control programs, and register animals, with confidentiality protections for certain vaccination and registry records. It also provides the response machinery for suspected exposure — reporting of rabies cases, restraint and impoundment of animals, quarantine of individual animals and of entire areas, standards and inspections for quarantine and impoundment facilities, and criminal penalties for violations, alongside a liability limitation and an exemption for police service animals.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 2 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 447 S.W.3d 365 - Greater Houston German Shepherd Dog Rescue, Inc. v. Lydia Lira and Alfonso Lira
Sections covered
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.001SHORT TITLE
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.002DEFINITIONS
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.011GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.012MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR RABIES CONTROL
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.013COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES MAY ADOPT CHAPTER
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.014COUNTIES MAY ADOPT ORDINANCES AND RULES
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.015MUNICIPALITIES MAY ADOPT ORDINANCES OR RULES
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.016CONTRACTS
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.017DESIGNATION OF LOCAL RABIES CONTROL AUTHORITY
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.018LOCAL RABIES CONTROL PROGRAMS
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.021VACCINATION OF DOGS AND CATS REQUIRED
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.0211CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN RABIES VACCINATION CERTIFICATE; CRIMINAL PENALTY
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.022VACCINATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY1 cite
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.023USE AND SALE OF RABIES VACCINE
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.024USE AND SALE OF RABIES VACCINE; CRIMINAL PENALTY
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.025PROVISION OF VACCINE AND SERUM
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.031REGISTRATION OF DOGS AND CATS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.0311CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN DOG AND CAT REGISTRY; CRIMINAL PENALTY
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.032REGISTRATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.033RESTRAINT, IMPOUNDMENT, AND DISPOSITION OF DOGS AND CATS1 cite
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.034RESTRAINT; CRIMINAL PENALTY
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.041REPORTS OF RABIES
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.042QUARANTINE OF ANIMALS
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.043RELEASE OR DISPOSITION OF QUARANTINED ANIMAL
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.044QUARANTINE; CRIMINAL PENALTY
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.045AREA RABIES QUARANTINE
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.046VIOLATION OF AREA RABIES QUARANTINE; CRIMINAL PENALTY
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.047LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.048EXEMPTION FROM QUARANTINE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE SERVICE ANIMALS
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.051MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR QUARANTINE AND IMPOUNDMENT FACILITIES
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.052INSPECTIONS
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.053HEARING
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.054SUITS TO ENJOIN OPERATION OF QUARANTINE OR IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.055QUARANTINE OR IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY; CRIMINAL PENALTY
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