Texas Health And Safety Code Title 6, Chapter 483 - Dangerous Drugs

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 483.0001 - Short Title
  This Act may be cited as the Texas Dangerous Drug Act. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 789, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
• Texas Section 483.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. (2) "Dangerous drug" means a device or a drug that is unsafe for...
• Texas Section 483.002 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
• Texas Section 483.003 - Department Of State Health Services Hearings Regarding Certain Dangerous Drugs
  (a) The Department of State Health Services may hold public hearings in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code, to determine whether there is compelling evidence...

SUBCHAPTER B DUTIES OF PHARMACISTS, PRACTITIONERS, AND OTHER PERSONS

• Texas Section 483.004 - Commissioner Of State Health Services Emergency Authority Relating To Dangerous Drugs
  If the commissioner of state health services has compelling evidence that an immediate danger to the public health exists as a result of the prescription...
• Texas Section 483.021 - Determination By Pharmacist On Request To Dispense Drug
  (a) A pharmacist who is requested to dispense a dangerous drug under a prescription issued by a practitioner shall determine, in the exercise of the...
• Texas Section 483.022 - Practitioner's Designated Agent; Practitioner's Responsibilities
  (a) A practitioner shall provide in writing the name of each designated agent as defined by Section 483.001(4)(A) and (C), and the name of each...
• Texas Section 483.023 - Retention Of Prescriptions
  A pharmacy shall retain a prescription for a dangerous drug dispensed by the pharmacy for two years after the date of the initial dispensing or...
• Texas Section 483.024 - Records Of Acquisition Or Disposal
  The following persons shall maintain a record of each acquisition and each disposal of a dangerous drug for two years after the date of the...

SUBCHAPTER C CRIMINAL PENALTIES

• Texas Section 483.025 - Inspections; Inventories
  A person required to keep records relating to dangerous drugs shall: (1) make the records available for inspection and copying at all reasonable hours by...
• Texas Section 483.041 - Possession Of Dangerous Drug
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person possesses a dangerous drug unless the person obtains the drug from a pharmacist acting in the...
• Texas Section 483.042 - Delivery Or Offer Of Delivery Of Dangerous Drug
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person delivers or offers to deliver a dangerous drug: (1) unless: (A) the dangerous drug is delivered...
• Texas Section 483.043 - Manufacture Of Dangerous Drug
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person manufactures a dangerous drug and the person is not authorized by law to manufacture the drug....
• Texas Section 483.045 - Forging Or Altering Prescription
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) forges a prescription or increases the prescribed quantity of a dangerous drug in a prescription;...
• Texas Section 483.046 - Failure To Retain Prescription
  (a) A pharmacist commits an offense if the pharmacist: (1) delivers a dangerous drug under a prescription; and (2) fails to retain the prescription as...
• Texas Section 483.047 - Refilling Prescription Without Authorization
  (a) Except as authorized by Subsections (b) and (b-1), a pharmacist commits an offense if the pharmacist refills a prescription unless: (1) the prescription contains...
• Texas Section 483.048 - Unauthorized Communication Of Prescription
  (a) An agent of a practitioner commits an offense if the agent communicates by telephone a prescription unless the agent is designated in writing under...
• Texas Section 483.049 - Failure To Maintain Records
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person is required to maintain a record under Section 483.023 or 483.024 and the person fails to...
• Texas Section 483.050 - Refusal To Permit Inspection
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person is required to permit an inspection authorized by Section 483.025 and fails to permit the inspection...
• Texas Section 483.051 - Using Or Revealing Trade Secret
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person uses for the person's advantage or reveals to another person, other than to an officer or...
• Texas Section 483.052 - Violation Of Other Provision
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a provision of this chapter other than a provision for which a specific offense is...

SUBCHAPTER D CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

• Texas Section 483.053 - Preparatory Offenses
  Title 4, Penal Code, applies to an offense under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
• Texas Section 483.071 - Exceptions; Burden Of Proof
  (a) In a complaint, information, indictment, or other action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of this chapter, the state is not required to negate...
• Texas Section 483.072 - Uncorroborated Testimony
  A conviction under this chapter may be obtained on the uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec....
• Texas Section 483.073 - Search Warrant
  A peace officer may apply for a search warrant to search for dangerous drugs possessed in violation of this chapter. The peace officer must apply...
• Texas Section 483.074 - Seizure And Destruction
  (a) A dangerous drug that is manufactured, sold, or possessed in violation of this chapter is contraband and may be seized by an employee of...
• Texas Section 483.075 - Injunction
  The board may institute an action in its own name to enjoin a violation of this chapter. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1,...

SUBCHAPTER E OPIOID ANTAGONISTS

• Texas Section 483.076 - Legal Representation Of Board
  (a) If the board institutes a legal proceeding under this chapter, the board may be represented only by a county attorney, a district attorney, or...
• Texas Section 483.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Emergency services personnel" includes firefighters, emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003, emergency room personnel, and other individuals who,...
• Texas Section 483.102 - Prescription Of Opioid Antagonist; Standing Order
  (a) A prescriber may, directly or by standing order, prescribe an opioid antagonist to: (1) a person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose;...
• Texas Section 483.103 - Dispensing Of Opioid Antagonist
  (a) A pharmacist may dispense an opioid antagonist under a valid prescription to: (1) a person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose; or...
• Texas Section 483.104 - Distribution Of Opioid Antagonist; Standing Order
  A person or organization acting under a standing order issued by a prescriber may store an opioid antagonist and may distribute an opioid antagonist, provided...
• Texas Section 483.105 - Possession Of Opioid Antagonist
  Any person may possess an opioid antagonist, regardless of whether the person holds a prescription for the opioid antagonist. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 483.106 - Administration Of Opioid Antagonist
  (a) A person who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, administers or does not administer an opioid antagonist to another person whom the...
• Texas Section 483.107 - Conflict Of Law
  To the extent of a conflict between this subchapter and another law, this subchapter controls. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 958 (S.B....

Last modified: September 28, 2016