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| 1 | 1 | 81R13343 BEF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Deuell S.B. No. 2422 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the dispensing of drugs by physicians. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 158.001(b), Occupations Code, is amended | |
| 10 | 10 | to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (b) A physician may dispense dangerous drugs and controlled | |
| 12 | 12 | substances to the physician's patients and charge the patients for | |
| 13 | 13 | the drugs [This section does not permit a physician to operate a | |
| 14 | 14 | retail pharmacy] without complying with Chapter 558. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. Section 551.004(b), Occupations Code, is amended | |
| 16 | 16 | to read as follows: | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) This subtitle does not prevent a practitioner from: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) administering a drug to a patient of the | |
| 19 | 19 | practitioner; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) supplying drugs to a patient as provided by | |
| 21 | 21 | Section 158.001(b). | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |