{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-59.21","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 59.21","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Board\" means the board of regents of The Texas A\u0026M University System.\n(2) \"Fund\" means the veterinary medical diagnostic professional liability fund.\n(3) \"Professional staff\" means veterinarians, diagnosticians, toxicologists, pathologists, microbiologists, and other professional employees employed by the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, including the director.\n(4) \"Veterinary malpractice claim\" means a cause of action for damages resulting proximately from negligence in performing diagnostic services, toxicological and other diagnostic analyses, and in making recommendations for treatment.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 6.02(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 59. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. VETERINARY MALPRACTICE COVERAGE PURCHASED BY TEXAS A\u0026M"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.59.htm#59.21","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"00e9afb78b99860cd82d6d71baa986016eae27edea9bc0f64ba16f60016b8603","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-59.08","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-59.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}