80R252 YDB-D

By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 677

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to disciplinary actions affecting certain pharmacy technicians.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 568.003(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the [The] board may take disciplinary action under Section 568.0035 if the board determines that the applicant or, after the date of the person's original application, the registrant has:

(1) violated this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle;

(2) engaged in gross immorality, as that term is defined by the rules of the board;

(3) engaged in any fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, as those terms are defined by the rules of the board, in seeking a registration to act as a pharmacy technician;

(4) been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition or the applicable federal equivalent for:

(A) a misdemeanor:

(i) involving moral turpitude; or

(ii) under Chapter 481 or 483, Health and Safety Code, or the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.); or

(B) a felony;

(5) a drug or alcohol dependency;

(6) violated:

(A) Chapter 481 or 483, Health and Safety Code, or rules relating to those chapters;

(B) Sections 485.031-485.035, Health and Safety Code; or

(C) a rule adopted under Section 485.011, Health and Safety Code;

(7) violated the pharmacy or drug laws or rules of this state, another state, or the United States; or

(8) had at any time a registration as a pharmacy technician issued by another state revoked, surrendered, or suspended for conduct substantially equivalent to conduct described by Subdivisions (1)-(6).

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section 568.003(a), Occupations Code, applies only to an application filed on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.