By Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 1636
74R3670 CAG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to authority of a physician to supply drugs, remedies, or
1-3 supplies to a patient.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 5.09(a), Medical Practice Act (Article
1-6 4495b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a <A> physician licensed
1-9 to practice medicine under this Act may supply patients with any
1-10 drugs, remedies, or clinical supplies as are necessary to meet the
1-11 patients' <immediate> needs. This subsection does not permit the
1-12 physician to operate a retail pharmacy without first complying with
1-13 the Texas Pharmacy Act (Article 4542a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-14 Statutes).
1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.