{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-821.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 821.053","heading":"REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF SODIUM PENTOBARBITAL.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish the requirements and procedures for administering sodium pentobarbital to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter.\n(b) A person may administer sodium pentobarbital to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter only in accordance with the requirements and procedures established by department rule.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1595, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS","CHAPTER 821. TREATMENT AND DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS","SUBCHAPTER C. EUTHANASIA OF ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.821.htm#821.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"ef387df35156ef06c1ff07e8eb9ada9eb2a92a97bc97ecde5877bedc5606a963","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-821.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-821.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}