Bill Text: TX HB4327 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting interference with the practice of veterinary medicine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Agriculture & Livestock [HB4327 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4327-Introduced.html
| By: White | H.B. No. 4327 | |
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| relating to prohibiting interference with the practice of | ||
| veterinary medicine. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 801, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 801.3525 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 801.3525. PROHIBITION AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH | ||
| PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. (a) A veterinarian and the | ||
| practice of veterinary medicine by the veterinarian are subject | ||
| only to applicable federal law and regulations and applicable state | ||
| law, including rules adopted by the board, that govern the practice | ||
| of veterinary medicine. | ||
| (b) Unless expressly authorized by state law, the governing | ||
| body of a municipality may not adopt or enforce any ordinance, rule, | ||
| or regulation that prohibits a veterinarian from performing a | ||
| medical procedure on an animal that is not prohibited by this | ||
| chapter or other state law. | ||
| (c) A municipal ordinance, rule, or regulation that | ||
| violates this section is void and unenforceable. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
