Sec. 169.002. PHYSICIAN QUALIFIED TO PRESCRIBE LOW-THC CANNABIS. (a) Only a physician qualified as provided by this section may prescribe low-THC cannabis in accordance with this chapter.
(b) A physician is qualified to prescribe low-THC cannabis to a patient with intractable epilepsy if the physician:
(1) is licensed under this subtitle;
(2) dedicates a significant portion of clinical practice to the evaluation and treatment of epilepsy; and
(3) is certified:
(A) by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in:
(i) epilepsy; or
(ii) neurology or neurology with special qualification in child neurology and is otherwise qualified for the examination for certification in epilepsy; or
(B) in neurophysiology by:
(i) the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; or
(ii) the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (S.B. 339), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2015.
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