Bill Text: TX SB1818 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the dispensing of certain drugs by physicians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1818 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1818-Introduced.html
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By: Burton | S.B. No. 1818 |
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relating to the dispensing of certain drugs by physicians. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 157.002(f), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(f) Subsections (b) and (c) do not authorize a physician or | ||
a person acting under the supervision of a physician to keep a | ||
pharmacy, advertised or otherwise, for the retail sale of dangerous | ||
drugs, other than as authorized under Section 158.001(b) [ |
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without complying with the applicable laws relating to the | ||
dangerous drugs. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 158.001(b), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A physician may dispense dangerous drugs to the | ||
physician's patients and charge the patients for the drugs [ |
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without complying with Chapter 558. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 551.004(b), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) This subtitle does not prevent a practitioner from: | ||
(1) administering a drug to a patient of the | ||
practitioner; or | ||
(2) supplying dangerous drugs to a patient as provided | ||
by Section 158.001(b). | ||
SECTION 4. Section 563.051(d), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(d) This section does not authorize a physician or a person | ||
acting under the supervision of a physician to keep a pharmacy, | ||
advertised or otherwise, for the retail sale of dangerous drugs, | ||
other than as authorized under Section 158.001(b) [ |
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without complying with the applicable laws relating to the | ||
dangerous drugs. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 158.003, Occupations Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |