Texas Agriculture Code Title 6, Chapter 164 - Scabies Control
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 164.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Animal Health Commission. (2) "Inspector" means an inspector employed by the commission, including the chief inspector, a...
- Texas Section 164.002 - Scabies Infection Or Exposure
(a) For purposes of this chapter, cattle or sheep are scabies-infected if: (1) actually infected with scabies; or (2) in a herd in which scabies...
- Texas Section 164.003 - Inspectors
(a) For the purpose of eradicating scabies, the commission may employ a chief inspector, district supervising inspectors, and local inspectors. (b) The chief inspector shall...
- Texas Section 164.004 - Duties Of Inspectors
(a) All dippings, inspections, and certifications for scabies eradication and the disinfection of cars, sheds, boats, chutes, alleys, platforms, pens, or yards required by this...
- Texas Section 164.005 - Entry Power
(a) An inspector is entitled to enter any public or private place where cattle or sheep are kept or ranged for the purpose of: (1)...
SUBCHAPTER B DIPPING
- Texas Section 164.006 - Actions Of Commission
The presiding officer of the commission may perform any act or duty of the commission under this chapter. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1421, ch....
- Texas Section 164.021 - Dipping Required On Order Of Commission
(a) The commission by written order may direct a person who owns, controls, or cares for cattle or sheep that are scabies-infected or are exposed...
- Texas Section 164.022 - Hearing
(a) Not later than the fifth day following the day on which a person receives an order to dip cattle or sheep, the person may...
- Texas Section 164.023 - Method Of Dipping
If the commission requires the dipping of animals under this chapter, the animals shall be submerged in a vat, sprayed, or treated in another sanitary...
- Texas Section 164.024 - Dipping Intervals
(a) For psoroptic scabies infection or exposure, cattle or sheep shall be dipped at intervals of not less than 10 days nor more than 14...
- Texas Section 164.025 - Dip Solutions For Sheep
(a) For scabies infection or exposure, sheep must be dipped in: (1) a solution of lime and sulphur prepared as provided by this section; or...
- Texas Section 164.026 - Dip Solutions For Cattle
(a) For psoroptic scabies infection or exposure, cattle must be dipped in a solution provided by Section 164.025 of this code for sheep, except that...
- Texas Section 164.027 - Dipping Of Goats
A person shall dip goats ranging with scabies-infected sheep at least once in the same solution and in the same manner provided for the sheep,...
SUBCHAPTER C QUARANTINES
- Texas Section 164.028 - Dipping At Expense Of County
If a person ordered to dip cattle or sheep under this chapter fails or refuses to dip the animals, the county commissioners court shall provide...
- Texas Section 164.041 - Establishment
(a) If the commission determines or is informed that scabies exists among cattle in another state, territory, or country, the commission shall establish a quarantine...
- Texas Section 164.042 - Notice
The commission shall give notice of a quarantine established under Section 164.041(b) of this code in one of the following manners: (1) by posting written...
- Texas Section 164.043 - Effect Of Quarantine
If a county or area is quarantined under Section 164.041(b) of this code, all premises within the county or area and all cattle and sheep...
- Texas Section 164.044 - Movement From Quarantined Premises; Movement Of Quarantined Animals
(a) A person may not move or permit to be moved cattle or sheep that are under quarantine for scabies infection or exposure or that...
- Texas Section 164.045 - Disinfection Of Shearing Plant In Quarantined Area
(a) If scabies-infected sheep located on premise quarantined for sheep scabies infection are shorn by an itinerant shearing plant or crew, the person owning, controlling,...
SUBCHAPTER D IMPORTATION OF SHEEP
- Texas Section 164.046 - Disinfection Of Quarantined Premises
(a) In accordance with this section, the owner, lessee, or person in charge of premises quarantined for sheep scabies shall cleanse and disinfect all places...
- Texas Section 164.062 - Certificate Required
(a) A person may not import sheep into this state unless the shipment is accompanied by a certificate certifying that: (1) the sheep are free...
- Texas Section 164.063 - Quarantine Of Imported Sheep
If the certificate for a shipment of sheep shows that the sheep were dipped at the point of origin in accordance with Section 164.062(a)(2) of...
- Texas Section 164.064 - Designation Of Infected Or Free Areas; Dipping Requirements
The commission may adopt rules designating areas as infected or free from infection and shall establish dipping requirements for the importation of sheep into this...
SUBCHAPTER E REMEDIES AND PENALTIES
- Texas Section 164.065 - Exhibitions
The commission shall provide an importer of show sheep a reasonable length of time, not to exceed 60 days after the date of importation, in...
- Texas Section 164.082 - Civil Suits To Recover Penalty For Corporate Offense
If the person who commits an offense under this subchapter is a corporation, the county attorney of the county in which the offense occurred shall...
- Texas Section 164.083 - Failure To Dip For Scabies
(a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) owns, controls, or cares for cattle or sheep infected with scabies or cattle or sheep...
- Texas Section 164.084 - Movement Of Infected, Exposed, Or Quarantined Animals
(a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) moves cattle or sheep in violation of Section 164.044(a) of this code; or (2) moves...
- Texas Section 164.085 - Refusal To Permit Entry Or Gather Animals For Inspection
(a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) refuses to permit an inspector to enter any premises of which the person is the...
- Texas Section 164.086 - Failure To Disinfect Shearing Plant
(a) A person commits an offense if the person fails or refuses to disinfect all or part of a shearing plant, or the wearing apparel...
- Texas Section 164.087 - Failure To Properly Disinfect Quarantined Premises
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a provision of Section 164.046 of this code. (b) An offense under this section is...
- Texas Section 164.088 - Importation Of Sheep Without Certificate Or Permit
(a) A person commits an offense if the person imports sheep into this state in violation of Subchapter D of this chapter. (b) An offense...
Last modified: September 28, 2016