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TDLR reports progress on veterinary-board attachment: new licensing database, lower backlog, staffing gains

3426350 · May 21, 2025
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Officials from the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and TDLR reported progress midway through a four-year temporary attachment, including a new licensing database, publicly available disciplinary histories, reduced case backlog and lower staff turnover.

Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners leaders and TDLR staff told the commission they are about halfway through a four-year temporary attachment and reported substantive operational improvements, including a new licensing database, reduced complaints backlog and staffing gains.

Steve Gola, presiding officer of the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, said the board had arrived in “crisis” but that the attachment to TDLR has been “transformative.” Gola said the board inherited long-standing problems including…

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