Texas Administrative Code
Title 4 - AGRICULTURE
Part 2 - TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION
Chapter 47 - AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL
Subchapter C - CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
Section 47.22 - General Requirements and Application Procedures
Universal Citation: 4 TX Admin Code ยง 47.22
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) This regulation sets the standards for personnel who perform work in the Certified CWD Authorized Personnel program pursuant to the Texas Agriculture Code, § RSA 161.0417. Personnel may collect samples for official CWD testing in Texas as follows:
(1)
Effective September 1, 2015, a person, other than an accredited veterinarian
licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Texas, shall be a Certified CWD
Postmortem Sample Collector to collect and submit samples for official
postmortem CWD testing.
(2)
Effective October 15, 2016, an individual shall be a Certified CWD Veterinarian
to collect and submit samples for antemortem CWD testing.
(3) To become a Certified CWD Sample
Collector or a Certified CWD Veterinarian, a person must meet the requirements
and apply for Certified CWD Authorized Personnel status Collector as prescribed
in §
RSA
47.2 of this title (relating to Requirements
and Application Procedures).
(4) A
person desiring to perform official CWD testing shall participate in a
certification program on CWD program requirements and procedures before
performing any CWD program functions, including but not limited to review of
the disease, proper sample collection techniques, sample preservation and
laboratory submission, recordkeeping, and identification of animals.
(b) A Certified CWD Postmortem Sample Collector or Certified CWD Veterinarian shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Comply with §
RSA
47.4 of this title (relating to Standards for
Authorized Personnel);
(2) Comply
with §
RSA 47.5 of this
title (relating to Recordkeeping);
(3) Submit CWD samples only to approved
laboratories; and
(4) Follow all
instructions as prescribed by the commission for collection of samples,
including:
(A) collecting the proper samples
necessary for CWD detection by an approved laboratory;
(B) labeling of specimen collection
containers. The side label of a specimen collection container must include the
following information:
(i) date of
collection;
(ii) owner
name;
(iii) name of the Certified
CWD Postmortem Sample Collector or Certified CWD Veterinarian ;
(iv) species, age and sex of
animal;
(v) type of
specimen(s);
(vi) herd ID (if
applicable), official animal identification number;
(vii) sample identification number;
(C) packaging specimens to meet
Federal transportation guidelines; and
(D) fully and accurately completing the
specimen submission form, which includes listing the clinical signs of CWD
observed in samples collected from CWD susceptible species:
(i) date of collection;
(ii) owner name, address, and phone
number;
(iii) name, address, phone
number, and email address for the Certified CWD Postmortem Sample Collector or
Certified CWD Veterinarian;
(iv)
species, age, and sex of the animal;
(v) type of specimen(s);
(vi) herd ID (if applicable), all animal
identification devices with a quarter-sized piece of tissue (ear, hide, etc.)
attached to each device; and
(vii)
sample identification number.
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