Texas Health And Safety Code Title 6, Chapter 439 - Manufacture And Distribution Of Certain Drugs

SUBCHAPTER A LAETRILE

• Texas Section 439.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "laetrile" means amygdalin. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
• Texas Section 439.002 - Manufacture And Sale
  Unless prohibited by federal law, laetrile may be manufactured in this state in accordance with Chapter 431 (Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) and may...
• Texas Section 439.003 - Prescription And Administration
  (a) Unless prohibited by federal law, a licensed physician may prescribe or administer laetrile in the treatment of cancer. (b) A physician acting in accordance...

SUBCHAPTER B DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE

• Texas Section 439.005 - Records; Disciplinary Actions
  (a) A physician shall keep records of the physician's purchases and disposals, including sales and dispensations, of laetrile. The records shall include the date of...
• Texas Section 439.011 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "DMSO" means sterile and pyrogen-free dimethyl sulfoxide. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
• Texas Section 439.012 - Manufacture And Sale
  DMSO may be manufactured in this state and may be sold in this state for human use when prescribed or administered by a licensed physician...
• Texas Section 439.013 - Prescription, Administration, And Dispensation
  (a) Except as prohibited by Subsection (b), a licensed physician may prescribe or administer DMSO. (b) A physician may not prescribe or administer DMSO in...
• Texas Section 439.014 - Regulation By Health Care Facility
  (a) A hospital or health care facility may not forbid or restrict the use of DMSO prescribed or administered by a licensed physician having staff...
• Texas Section 439.015 - Records; Disciplinary Actions
  (a) A physician shall keep records of the physician's purchases and disposals, including sales and dispensations, of DMSO. The records shall include the date of...
• Texas Section 439.016 - Misrepresentation; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if, in connection with advertising or promoting the sale of DMSO, the person knowingly or intentionally represents DMSO as...

SUBCHAPTER C PRESERVATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN UNUSED DRUGS

• Texas Section 439.017 - Restrictions On Manufacture, Distribution, And Sale; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person manufactures, distributes, or sells a dimethyl sulfoxide formulation that is not sterile and pyrogen-free unless the...
• Texas Section 439.021 - Shipment To Foreign Countries
  (a) A consulting pharmacist of a nursing home may select, from a supply of drugs due for destruction, certain drugs to be used for shipment...
• Texas Section 439.022 - Administration
  (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules consistent with federal and state law to implement this subchapter, including rules relating to: (1) the packaging and...
• Texas Section 439.023 - Contracts; Funds
  (a) The department may contract with other entities, including local governments and civic organizations, to implement this subchapter. (b) The department may accept gifts, grants,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016