By Madla S.B. No. 655
74R5574 CAG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the authority of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to
1-3 inspect certain facilities and to file a complaint resulting from
1-4 the inspection.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Sections 18(a) and (i), Texas Pharmacy Act
1-7 (Article 4542a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to
1-8 read as follows:
1-9 (a) In this section, "facility" means:
1-10 (1) a place that has applied for licensing as a
1-11 pharmacy under this Act;
1-12 (2) a place licensed as a pharmacy under this Act;
1-13 <or>
1-14 (3) a place operating as a pharmacy in violation of
1-15 this Act; or
1-16 (4) a place where the practice of pharmacy occurs.
1-17 (i) Before a complaint may be filed with the board as a
1-18 result of a written warning notice that lists specific violations
1-19 of this Act or a rule adopted by the board issued during an
1-20 inspection authorized by this section, the licensee must be given a
1-21 reasonable time, as determined by the board, to comply with this
1-22 Act or rules adopted by the board as provided by this Act.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.