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79R2008 MXM-F

By:  Leibowitz                                                    H.B. No. 820



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the labeling requirements for drugs dispensed to 
consumers by pharmacists.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 562.006(a), Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The [Unless otherwise directed by the practitioner, 
the] label on the dispensing container must indicate:
		(1)  the actual drug dispensed, indicated by either[: 
		[(1)] the brand name[;] or,          
		[(2)] if there is not a brand name, the generic name; 
[,]
		(2)  the strength of the drug; [,and]          
		(3)  the name of the manufacturer or distributor of the 
drug; 
		(4)  the expiration date of the effectiveness of the 
drug dispensed; 
		(5)  the condition for which the drug was prescribed, 
if the patient requests this information and the condition is 
indicated on the prescription; and
		(6)  a color image of a single dose of the drug 
dispensed.           
	SECTION 2.  Section 562.006, Occupations Code, as amended by 
this Act, applies only to a drug dispensed on or after the effective 
date of this Act.  A drug dispensed before the effective date of 
this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the 
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.