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| 1 | 1 | 87R13342 MCF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Stucky H.B. No. 4173 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the prohibited use of a Federal Drug Enforcement | |
| 8 | 8 | Administration number. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 481.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) The director by rule shall prohibit a person in this | |
| 13 | 13 | state, including a person regulated by the Texas Department of | |
| 14 | 14 | Insurance under the Insurance Code or the other insurance laws of | |
| 15 | 15 | this state, a state licensing authority, and a person in the course | |
| 16 | 16 | of the person's employment as a pharmacist, from using a | |
| 17 | 17 | practitioner's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number for | |
| 18 | 18 | a purpose other than a purpose described by federal law or by this | |
| 19 | 19 | chapter. A person who violates a rule adopted under this subsection | |
| 20 | 20 | commits a Class C misdemeanor. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 22 | 22 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 23 | 23 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 24 | 24 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 25 | 25 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 26 | 26 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 27 | 27 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 28 | 28 | before that date. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |