Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.023
USE AND SALE OF RABIES VACCINE
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.023, USE AND SALE OF RABIES VACCINE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/676432
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(a) Rabies vaccine for animals may be administered only by or under the direct supervision of a veterinarian.
(b) A veterinarian may not administer or directly supervise the administration of rabies vaccine in this state unless the person is:
(1) licensed by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to practice veterinary medicine; or
(2) practicing veterinary medicine on an installation of the armed forces or National Guard.
(c) A person may not sell or distribute rabies vaccine for animals to any person except a licensed veterinarian or to a person working in a veterinary clinic who accepts the vaccine on behalf of the veterinarian.
(d) This section does not prohibit a pharmacy licensed by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy from supplying rabies vaccine for animals to a licensed veterinarian.
(e) This section does not prohibit a veterinarian licensed by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners from selling or dispensing rabies vaccine to an individual with whom the veterinarian has a veterinarian-client-patient relationship as described by Chapter 801, Occupations Code, for the sole purpose of allowing that individual to administer the rabies vaccine to that individual's own livestock.