81R13343 BEF-D
By: Deuell S.B. No. 2422
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dispensing of drugs by physicians.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 158.001(b), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A physician may dispense dangerous drugs and controlled
substances to the physician's patients and charge the patients for
the drugs [This section does not permit a physician to operate a
retail pharmacy] without complying with Chapter 558.
SECTION 2. 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 drugs to a patient as provided by
Section 158.001(b).
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.