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Senate Bill 460 |
Senate Author: Schwertner |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
House Sponsor: Crownover |
Senate Bill 460 amends Health and Safety Code and Occupations Code provisions relating to the licensing and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies. The bill establishes a pharmacist's authority to dispense a limited supply of a dangerous drug during a disaster and the Texas State Board of Pharmacy's authority to inspect a facility's financial records and records of a pharmacist's practice that occurs outside of a pharmacy. The bill increases the maximum number of times an applicant for a license to practice pharmacy may retake the licensing examination, revises application and license renewal requirements for a pharmacy license, and changes the deadline for a pharmacy to report a change of location. The bill provides for board disciplinary action against a pharmacy license holder or applicant regarding a waiver or reduction of a patient copayment or deductible for a compounded drug and revises certain other board disciplinary provisions. The bill repeals requirements that a pharmacist display certain drug availability and license information.