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Senate Bill 869 |
Senate Author: Van de Putte |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Zedler |
Senate Bill 869 amends provisions of the Occupations Code regulating the practice of pharmacy. The bill includes the training, qualifications, registration, and employment of a pharmacy technician trainee among the regulatory duties of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy and establishes minimum education requirements for a pharmacy technician trainee. The bill authorizes the board to use gifts, grants, and other funds and assets in accordance with state law, authorizes the board to take certain disciplinary action against an applicant for a pharmacist‑intern registration or the holder of a current or expired pharmacist-intern registration, and revises the circumstances under which the board may discipline an applicant for or the holder of a current or expired license to practice pharmacy. The bill revises registration requirements for a pharmacy technician and a pharmacy technician trainee, prohibits a person from renewing a license to practice pharmacy or a pharmacy license under certain circumstances, and revises the information required to qualify for a pharmacy license.
Senate Bill 869 removes the requirement that a pharmacist notify the practitioner before dispensing a dosage form of a drug different from that prescribed, establishes criteria for the valid prescription of a controlled substance, and revises provisions requiring the display of licenses by a pharmacy. The bill modifies the entities to which information or material compiled by the board in connection with an investigation may be disclosed and requires a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy technician trainee to notify the board in writing of a change of address or employment. The bill adds the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to the list of entities to whom a criminal justice agency is authorized to disclose criminal history record information that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure.