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Texas Occupations Code - Section 107.053. Limitation On Authority Of Hospital Or Other Health Care Facility Regarding Use Of Dangerous Drug Or Controlled Substance

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§ 107.053. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF HOSPITAL OR OTHER 
HEALTH CARE FACILITY REGARDING USE OF DANGEROUS DRUG OR CONTROLLED 
SUBSTANCE.  A hospital or other health care facility may not 
prohibit or restrict the use of a dangerous drug or controlled 
substance prescribed or administered by a physician who holds staff 
privileges at the hospital or facility for a person diagnosed and 
treated by a physician for intractable pain.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, § 14.002(a), eff. Sept. 
1, 2003.

Last modified: August 10, 2007