(a) Except as provided by §91.51, the department shall inspect a facility before a license is issued for the facility.     
      (b) The department may not issue a license to a breeder until the department receives a prelicense inspection report from the inspector in a format approved by the department certifying that the facility meets the prelicense inspection requirements for a license.     
      (c) An applicant whose facility does not meet the requirements of this chapter as revealed by a prelicense inspection may, after correcting deficiencies noted in the inspection report, request another prelicense inspection by paying the required fee to the department. Alternatively, the applicant may provide evidence, in a manner prescribed by the department, that deficiencies have been corrected and that the applicant's facility meets the requirements of this chapter.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §91.50 adopted to be effective May 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 3075; amended to be effective January 1, 2024, 48 TexReg 8357