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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS |
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Chapter 826. RABIES |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 826.002. DEFINITIONS
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In this chapter:
(1) "Animal" means a warm-blooded animal.
(2) "Board" means the Texas Board of Health.
(3) "Cat" means Felis catus.
(4) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.
(5) "Department" means the Texas Department of Health.
(6) "Dog" means Canis familiaris.
(7) "Epizootic" means the occurrence in a given geographic area or population of cases of a disease clearly in excess of the expected frequency.
(8) "Licensed veterinarian" means a veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine in one or more of the 50 states.
(9) "Quarantine" means strict confinement of an animal specified in an order of the board or its designee:
(A) on the private premises of the animal's owner or at a facility approved by the board or its designee; and
(B) under restraint by closed cage or paddock or in any other manner approved by board rule.
(10) "Rabies" means an acute viral disease of man and animal affecting the central nervous system and usually transmitted by an animal bite.
(11) "Stray" means roaming with no physical restraint beyond the premises of an animal's owner or keeper.
(12) "Livestock" means an animal raised for human consumption or an equine animal.