Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 562 - Practice By License Holder
SUBCHAPTER A PRESCRIPTION AND SUBSTITUTION REQUIREMENTS
- Texas Section 562.001 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Biological product" has the meaning assigned by Section 351, Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 262). (1-a) "Generically equivalent" means...
- Texas Section 562.002 - Legislative Intent
It is the intent of the legislature to save consumers money by allowing the substitution of lower-priced generically equivalent drug products for certain brand name...
- Texas Section 562.003 - Disclosure Of Price; Patient's Option
If the price of a drug or biological product to a patient is lower than the amount of the patient's copayment under the patient's prescription...
- Texas Section 562.004 - Prescription Transmitted Orally By Practitioner
A pharmacist to whom a prescription is transmitted orally shall: (1) note on the file copy of the prescription the dispensing instructions of the practitioner...
- Texas Section 562.005 - Record Of Dispensed Drug Or Biological Product
A pharmacist shall record on the prescription form the name, strength, and manufacturer or distributor of a drug or biological product dispensed as authorized by...
- Texas Section 562.0051 - Communication Regarding Certain Dispensed Biological Products
(a) Not later than the third business day after the date of dispensing a biological product, the dispensing pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee shall communicate...
- Texas Section 562.006 - Label
(a) Unless otherwise directed by the practitioner, the label on the dispensing container must indicate the actual drug or biological product dispensed, indicated by either:...
- Texas Section 562.0061 - Other Prescription Information
The board shall adopt rules specifying the information a pharmacist must provide to a consumer when dispensing a prescription to the consumer for self-administration. The...
- Texas Section 562.0062 - Required Statement Regarding Medication Disposal
The board by rule shall require pharmacists, when dispensing certain drugs, to include on the dispensing container label or in the information required by Section...
- Texas Section 562.007 - Refills
Except as provided by Section 562.0545, a properly authorized prescription refill shall follow the original dispensing instruction unless otherwise indicated by the practitioner or the...
- Texas Section 562.008 - Generic Equivalent Or Interchangeable Biological Product Authorized
(a) If a practitioner certifies on the prescription form that a specific prescribed brand is medically necessary, the pharmacist shall dispense the drug or biological...
- Texas Section 562.009 - Requirements Concerning Selection Of Generically Equivalent Drug Or Interchangeable Biological Product
(a) Before delivery of a prescription for a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product, a pharmacist must personally, or through the pharmacist's agent or...
- Texas Section 562.010 - Responsibility Concerning Generically Equivalent Drug Or Interchangeable Biological Product; Liability
(a) A pharmacist who selects a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product to be dispensed under this subchapter assumes the same responsibility for selecting...
- Texas Section 562.011 - Restriction On Selection Of And Charging For Generically Equivalent Drug Or Interchangeable Biological Product
(a) A pharmacist may not select a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product unless the generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product selected costs...
- Texas Section 562.012 - Substitution Of Dosage Form Permitted
With the patient's consent, a pharmacist may dispense a dosage form of a drug different from that prescribed, such as a tablet instead of a...
- Texas Section 562.013 - Applicability Of Subchapter
Unless a drug is determined to be generically equivalent to, or a biological product is determined to be interchangeable with, the brand prescribed, drug or...
- Texas Section 562.014 - Narrow Therapeutic Index Drugs
(a) Except as provided by this section, drug selection as authorized by this subchapter does not apply to the refill of a prescription for a...
- Texas Section 562.0141 - Transplant Immunosuppressant Drug Product Selection Prohibited
(a) In this section: (1) "Immunosuppressant drug" means any drug prescribed for immunosuppressant therapy following a transplant. (2) "Interchange" means the substitution of one version...
- Texas Section 562.0142 - Adoption Of Rules
(a) If, not later than October 1, 2007, a drug manufacturer requests that the joint committee under Section 562.014 conduct a hearing and make a...
- Texas Section 562.015 - Dispensing Directive; Compliance With Federal Law
(a) The board shall adopt rules to provide a dispensing directive to instruct pharmacists on the manner in which to dispense a drug or biological...
SUBCHAPTER B OTHER PRACTICE BY PHARMACIST
- Texas Section 562.016 - List Of Approved Interchangeable Biological Products
The board shall maintain on the board's Internet website a link to the United States Food and Drug Administration's list of approved interchangeable biological products....
- Texas Section 562.052 - Release Of Confidential Records
A confidential record is privileged and a pharmacist may release a confidential record only to: (1) the patient or the patient's agent; (2) a practitioner...
- Texas Section 562.053 - Reports To Board
A pharmacist shall report in writing to the board not later than the 10th day after the date of a change of address or place...
- Texas Section 562.054 - Emergency Refills
(a) A pharmacist may exercise the pharmacist's professional judgment in refilling a prescription for a prescription drug, other than a controlled substance listed in Schedule...
- Texas Section 562.0545 - 90-day Supply And Accelerated Refills
A pharmacist may dispense up to a 90-day supply of a dangerous drug pursuant to a valid prescription that specifies the dispensing of a lesser...
- Texas Section 562.055 - Report To Texas Department Of Health
A pharmacist shall report to the Texas Department of Health any unusual or increased prescription rates, unusual types of prescriptions, or unusual trends in pharmacy...
- Texas Section 562.056 - Practitioner-patient Relationship Required
(a) Before dispensing a prescription, a pharmacist shall determine, in the exercise of sound professional judgment, that the prescription is a valid prescription. A pharmacist...
SUBCHAPTER C PRACTICE BY PHARMACY
- Texas Section 562.057 - Administration Of Epinephrine
(a) A pharmacist may administer epinephrine through an auto-injector device in accordance with this section. (b) The board shall adopt rules designed to protect the...
- Texas Section 562.101 - Supervision Of Pharmacy
(a) A pharmacy is required to be under the supervision of a pharmacist as provided by this section. (b) A Class A or Class B...
- Texas Section 562.1011 - Operation Of Class C Pharmacy In Certain Rural Hospitals
(a) In this section: (1) "Nurse" has the meaning assigned by Section 301.002. The term includes a nurse who is also registered as a pharmacy...
- Texas Section 562.102 - Confidential Record
A pharmacy shall comply with Section 562.052 concerning the release of a confidential record. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 562.103 - Display Of Licenses By Pharmacy
(a) A pharmacy shall display in the pharmacy in full public view the license under which the pharmacy operates. (b) A Class A or Class...
- Texas Section 562.104 - Toll-free Telephone Number Required
A pharmacy whose primary business is to dispense a prescription drug or device under a prescription drug order to a patient located outside the area...
- Texas Section 562.1045 - Linking Internet Sites
(a) This section applies only to a pharmacy that: (1) maintains a generally accessible Internet site; and (2) sells or distributes drugs through the Internet....
- Texas Section 562.105 - Maintenance Of Records
A pharmacy shall maintain a permanent record of: (1) any civil litigation initiated against the pharmacy by a resident of this state; or (2) a...
- Texas Section 562.106 - Notification
(a) A pharmacy shall report in writing to the board not later than the 10th day after the date of: (1) a permanent closing of...
- Texas Section 562.107 - Written Consumer Information Required
(a) Each pharmacy shall make available to a consumer written information designed for the consumer that provides at a minimum: (1) the therapeutic use of...
- Texas Section 562.108 - Emergency Medication Kits
Sec. 562.108. EMERGENCY MEDICATION KITS. (a) A Class A or Class C pharmacy, or a Class E pharmacy located not more than 20 miles from...
- Texas Section 562.1085 - Unused Drugs Returned By Certain Pharmacists
(a) A pharmacist who practices in or serves as a consultant for a health care facility or a licensed health care professional responsible for administration...
- Texas Section 562.1086 - Limitation On Liability
(a) A pharmacy that returns unused drugs and a manufacturer that accepts the unused drugs under Section 562.1085 and the employees of the pharmacy or...
- Texas Section 562.109 - Automated Pharmacy Systems
(a) In this section, "automated pharmacy system" means a mechanical system that: (1) dispenses prescription drugs; and (2) maintains related transaction information. (b) A Class...
- Texas Section 562.110 - Telepharmacy Systems
(a) In this section, "telepharmacy system" means a system that monitors the dispensing of prescription drugs and provides for related drug use review and patient...
- Texas Section 562.111 - Prescription Drug Order For Consumer
(a) A pharmacy in this state may order for a consumer a prescription drug from a Canadian pharmacy designated by the board under Section 554.016...
SUBCHAPTER D COMPOUNDED AND PREPACKAGED DRUGS
- Texas Section 562.112 - Practitioner-patient Relationship Required
(a) A pharmacy shall ensure that its agents and employees, before dispensing a prescription, determine in the exercise of sound professional judgment that the prescription...
- Texas Section 562.151 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Office use" means the provision and administration of a compounded drug to a patient by a practitioner in the practitioner's office...
- Texas Section 562.152 - Compounding For Office Use
A pharmacy may dispense and deliver a reasonable quantity of a compounded drug to a practitioner for office use by the practitioner in accordance with...
- Texas Section 562.153 - Requirements For Office Use Compounding
To dispense and deliver a compounded drug under Section 562.152, a pharmacy must: (1) verify the source of the raw materials to be used in...
- Texas Section 562.154 - Distribution Of Compounded And Prepackaged Products To Certain Pharmacies
(a) A Class A pharmacy licensed under Chapter 560 is not required to register or be licensed under Chapter 431, Health and Safety Code, to...
- Texas Section 562.155 - Compounding Service And Compounded Drug Products
A compounding pharmacist or pharmacy may advertise or promote: (1) nonsterile prescription compounding services provided by the pharmacist or pharmacy; and (2) specific compounded drug...
SUBCHAPTER E PRACTICE BY CANADIAN PHARMACY
- Texas Section 562.156 - Compounded Sterile Preparation; Notice To Board
(a) A pharmacy may not compound and dispense a sterile preparation unless the pharmacy holds a license as required by board rule. (b) A pharmacy...
- Texas Section 562.201 - Additional Practice Requirements
In addition to complying with the other requirements of this chapter, a Canadian pharmacy designated by the board under Section 554.016 shall: (1) dispense a...
- Texas Section 562.202 - Limitations On Practice
A Canadian pharmacy designated by the board under Section 554.016 to dispense prescription drugs to residents in this state may not: (1) dispense to a...
- Texas Section 562.203 - Complaint Report
A Canadian pharmacy designated by the board under Section 554.016 to dispense prescription drugs to residents in this state shall provide to the board periodic...
- Texas Section 562.204 - Price List
A Canadian pharmacy designated by the board under Section 554.016 shall: (1) compile and maintain a current price list for prescription drugs provided to residents...
Last modified: September 28, 2016