Sec. 161.0603. LABORATORY TESTING. (a) The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is the state's regulatory animal health laboratory. (b) This section does not prevent the commission from: (1) using a laboratory other than the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory for a test as needed; or (2) collecting specimens and performing field tests to diagnose animal diseases. (c) The commission and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to: (1) establish the laboratory services to be performed by the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory; (2) provide reporting requirements for the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory on all test requests received from the commission; and (3) set fees associated with laboratory services performed for the commission in amounts sufficient to recover the costs of those services. (d) The commission and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall annually review the memorandum of understanding under Subsection (c).
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