By: Madla S.B. No. 511 99S0375/1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the definition of a dangerous drug. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Subdivision (15), Section 5, Texas Pharmacy Act 1-4 (Article 4542a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to 1-5 read as follows: 1-6 (15) "Dangerous drug" means any drug or device that is 1-7 not included in Penalty Groups 1-4 of the Controlled Substances Act 1-8 and that is unsafe for self-medication or any drug or device that 1-9 bears or is required to bear the legend: 1-10 (A) "Caution: federal law prohibits dispensing 1-11 without prescription" or, at a minimum, "Rx only"; or 1-12 (B) "Caution: federal law restricts this drug 1-13 to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian." 1-14 SECTION 2. Subdivision (2), Section 483.001, Health and 1-15 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: 1-16 (2) "Dangerous drug" means a device or a drug that is 1-17 unsafe for self-medication and that is not included in Schedules I 1-18 through V or Penalty Groups 1 through 4 of Chapter 481 (Texas 1-19 Controlled Substances Act). The term includes a device or a drug 1-20 that bears or is required to bear the legend: 1-21 (A) "Caution: federal law prohibits dispensing 1-22 without prescription" or, at a minimum, "Rx only"; or 1-23 (B) "Caution: federal law restricts this drug 1-24 to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian." 2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-2 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.