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.