87R13342 MCF-D
By: Stucky H.B. No. 4173
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibited use of a Federal Drug Enforcement
Administration number.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 481.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The director by rule shall prohibit a person in this
state, including a person regulated by the Texas Department of
Insurance under the Insurance Code or the other insurance laws of
this state, a state licensing authority, and a person in the course
of the person's employment as a pharmacist, from using a
practitioner's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number for
a purpose other than a purpose described by federal law or by this
chapter. A person who violates a rule adopted under this subsection
commits a Class C misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.