By Coleman H.B. No. 3554
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the dispensing of drugs pursuant to an oncology
1-3 protocol.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 158, Occupations Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Section 158.004 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 158.004. DISPENSING OF DRUGS PURSUANT TO AN ONCOLOGY
1-8 PROTOCOL. A licensed physician may dispense drugs pursuant to an
1-9 oncology protocol and may charge for such drugs without obtaining a
1-10 license under Chapter 558.
1-11 SECTION 2. Section 551.004(b), Occupations Code, is amended
1-12 to read as follows:
1-13 (b) This subtitle does not prevent a practitioner from
1-14 administering a drug to a patient of the practitioner[.] or from
1-15 dispensing drugs to a patient of the practitioner pursuant to an
1-16 oncology protocol in accordance with Section 158.004.
1-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.