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(1) An individual with approved personnel status for bru-
cellosis, tuberculosis, trichomoniasis or chronic wasting disease shall
apply for authorized personnel status by completing an application and
submitting it to the commission.
(2) Upon submitting an application for authorized person-
nel status to the commission, an individual with approved personnel
status shall have authorized personnel status for the specific disease
control or eradication program(s) for which the person received ap-
proved personnel status.
(3) The commission shall notify approved personnel of the
requirement to submit an application for authorized personnel status.
(4) An individual with approved personnel status as of
March 1, 2014, may perform program activities in the specific disease
control or eradication program for which the individual received
approved personnel status until September 1, 2014, or until such time
the individual is notified of the requirement to submit an application
for authorized personnel status, whichever is later.
(5) An individual with approved personnel status shall ap-
ply for authorized personnel status, as provided by subsection (b) of
this section, for any disease control or eradication program for which
the individual has not received approved personnel status.
47.3. Duration and Additional Training Requirements.
(a) Authorized personnel status shall be valid until such time
that the authorization is suspended or revoked, contingent upon the
authorized person completing all additional training required by the
commission.
(b) In determining whether additional training shall be re-
quired, the Executive Director may consider changes in technology,
treatments, procedures and programs.
(c) If additional training is required for authorized personnel
in a particular disease control or eradication program, the commission
will provide notice to affected authorized personnel of the additional
training requirement.
47.4. Standards for Authorized Personnel.
This rule sets the minimum standards for personnel who perform cer-
tain activities that are part of a disease control or eradication program
pursuant to Texas Agriculture Code 161.0417.
(1) Authorized personnel shall:
(A) Recognize all commission required animal identifi-
cation systems applicable to the disease control or eradication programs
for which the authorized person performs activities;
(B) Apply all animal identification for commission re-
quired animal identification systems applicable to the disease control
or eradication programs for which the authorized person performs ac-
tivities;
(C) Properly complete official documents;
(D) Submit official documents to the commission in a
timely manner as prescribed by commission or USDA rule;
(E) Recognize and report clinical signs and lesions of
diseases applicable to the disease control or eradication program for
which the authorized person performs activities;
(F) Properly collect and ship sample specimens, as pre-
scribed by the commission, to an appropriate laboratory for testing with
complete and accurate paperwork;(G) Properly perform testing for the disease control or
eradication program for which the authorized person performs activi-
ties;
(H) Perform official tests, inspections, treatments, and
vaccinations and shall submit specimens to designated laboratories as
prescribed by the commission;
(I) Immediately report to the commission diagnosed or
suspected cases of a communicable animal disease for which the com-
mission has a disease control or eradication program;
(J) Immediately report to the commission the existence
of a disease listed in 45.2 of this title (relating to Duty to Report);
(K) Take such measures of sanitation as are necessary
to prevent the spread of communicable diseases of animals by the au-
thorized person while performing program activities;
(L) Keep him or herself currently informed on state
rules governing the movement of animals and on procedures applicable
to disease control and eradication programs for which the authorized
person performs activities;
(M) Secure and properly use all official documents and
approved digital signature capabilities used in his or her work and take
reasonable care to prevent the misuse thereof; and
(N) Immediately report to the commission the loss,
theft, or deliberate or accidental misuse of an official document or
digital signature used in the authorized person's work.
(2) An authorized person shall not issue, or allow to be
used, any official document, until, and unless, it has been accurately
and fully completed, clearly identifying the animals to which it applies,
and showing the dates and results of any inspection, test, vaccination,
or treatment the authorized person has conducted and the dates of is-
suance and expiration of the document.
47.5. Recordkeeping.
(a) An authorized person shall maintain official documents at
the authorized person's place of business.
(b) Official documents shall be complete and legible.
(c) Official documents shall be maintained for a minimum of
five years from the original date of the document.
(d) The commission may inspect and copy official documents
maintained by an authorized person.
47.6. Grounds for Suspension or Revocation.
(a) Automatic termination of authorized personnel status oc-
curs with any one of the following events:
(1) the authorized person is separated from employment
with the commission or Veterinary Services when such person's autho-
rized personnel status is contingent upon employment with the com-
mission or Veterinary Services;
(2) the authorized person is a veterinarian's technician or
employee who is separated from employment with an accredited vet-
erinarian;
(3) the license of an authorized veterinarian issued by the
Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners is revoked or sus-
pended by that board; or
(4) an authorized veterinarian's accreditation is revoked by
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