(a) The department hereby adopts by reference the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model Ordinance, as amended. If the requirements of this chapter are more stringent than the requirements of other adopted requirements, then this chapter's requirements prevail and must be complied with.     
      (b) Those persons required to obtain a certificate from the department under this chapter shall comply with all of the requirements of this chapter, the Texas Aquatic Life Act, Health and Safety Code, Chapter 436, and the requirements of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model Ordinance, as amended.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §241.51 adopted to be effective March 20, 2003, 28 TexReg 2346