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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for labeling certain drugs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 562.006, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The board shall adopt rules requiring the label on a |
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dispensing container to be in plain language and printed in an |
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easily readable font size for the consumer. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 562, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 562.0061 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 562.0061. OTHER PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION. The board |
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shall adopt rules specifying the information a pharmacist must |
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provide to a consumer when dispensing a prescription to the |
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consumer for self-administration. The information must be: |
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(1) written in plain language; |
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(2) relevant to the prescription; and |
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(3) printed in an easily readable font size. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |