(Editor's note: The text of the following sections proposed for repeal will not be published. The sections may be examined in the offices of the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners or in the Texas Register office, Room 245, James Earl Rudder Building, 1019 Brazos Street, Austin, Texas.)

The repeals are proposed under the authority of the Veterinary Licensing Act, Texas Occupations Code, §801.151, which states that the Board may adopt rules necessary to administer the chapter; may adopt rules of professional conduct appropriate to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity, skills, and practice in the veterinary medicine profession; may adopt rules to protect the public; and may adopt rules to ensure that equine dentistry is performed only by a veterinarian who is active and in good standing or by a licensed equine dental provider who is active and in good standing under the appropriate level of supervision of a veterinarian who is active and in good standing and who has established a veterinarian-client-patient relationship with the owner or other caretaker of an animal. The repeals are also proposed under the authority of the Veterinary Licensing Act, Texas Occupations Code, §801.501, which states that the Board by rule shall develop a system of monitoring a license holder's compliance with the requirements of the Veterinary Licensing Act; §801.356, which states that the Board by rule may establish the conditions under which a veterinarian may operate temporary limited-service veterinary clinics; §801.307, which allows the Board by rule to establish a minimum number of continuing education hours required to renew a license to practice veterinary medicine; and §801.203, which allows the Board by rule to establish methods by which consumers and service recipients are notified of the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the Board for the purpose of directing complaints to the Board.

Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 801, is affected by this proposal.

§573.60.Prohibition Against Treatment of Humans.

§573.61.Minimum Security for Controlled Substances.

§573.63.Inspection of Veterinary Facilities and Records.

§573.64.Continuing Education Requirements.

§573.65.Definitions.

§573.66.Monitoring Licensee Compliance.

§573.68.Conditions Relative to License Suspension.

§573.69.Reporting of Criminal Activity.

§573.70.Operation of Temporary Limited-Service Veterinary Services.

§573.71.Employment by Nonprofit or Municipal Corporations.

§573.72.Animal Reproduction.

§573.73.Management Services Organizations in Veterinary Practice.

§573.74.Duty to Cooperate with Board.

§573.75.Notification of Licensee Addresses.

§573.76.Sterilization of Animals from Releasing Agencies.

§573.77.Default on Student Loan/Child Support Payments.

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on January 12, 2012.

TRD-201200122

Loris Jones

Executive Assistant

Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

Earliest possible date of adoption: February 26, 2012

For further information, please call: (512) 305-7563