{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-828.0045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 828.0045","heading":"NONSURGICAL STERILIZATION.","body":"A licensed veterinarian may use nonsurgical methods and technologies as labeled and approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the United States Department of Agriculture for use by veterinarians to humanely and permanently render a dog or cat unable to reproduce.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 230 (S.B. 248), Sec. 4, eff. May 27, 2005.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS","CHAPTER 828. DOG AND CAT STERILIZATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.828.htm#828.0045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e78bf0b281fbaac10ed673008b08a9473ba268cd9b74d50675cba379ea428f4d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-828.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-828.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}