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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for drugs dispensed by pharmacists. |
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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 Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) In addition to the information required by Subsection |
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(a), the label on the dispensing container of a drug dispensed by a |
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Class A or Class E pharmacy must indicate: |
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(1) the name, address, and telephone number of the |
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pharmacy; |
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(2) the date the prescription is dispensed; |
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(3) the name of the prescribing practitioner; |
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(4) the name of the patient or, if the drug was |
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prescribed for an animal, the species of the animal and the name of |
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the owner; |
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(5) instructions for use; |
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(6) the quantity dispensed; |
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(7) if the drug is dispensed in a container other than |
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the manufacturer's original container, the date after which the |
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prescription should not be used, determined according to criteria |
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established by board rule based on standards in the United States |
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Pharmacopeia-National Formulary; and |
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(8) any other information required by board rule. |
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(a-2) The information required by Subsection (a-1)(7) may |
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be recorded on any label affixed to the dispensing container. |
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(a-3) Subsection (a-1) does not apply to a prescription |
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dispensed to a person at the time of release from prison or jail if |
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the prescription is for not more than a 10-day supply of medication. |
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SECTION 2. Section 562.0061, Occupations Code, is amended |
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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) be written in plain language; |
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(2) be relevant to the prescription; [and] |
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(3) be printed in an easily readable font size; and |
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(4) include the statement "Do not flush unused |
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medications or pour down a sink or drain." |
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2010, the Texas State |
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Board of Pharmacy shall adopt any rules necessary to implement |
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Section 562.006(a-1), Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. Section 562.006(a-1), Occupations Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to a drug dispensed on or after June 1, |
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2010. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |