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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the dispensing of certain drugs by physicians. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 158.001(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A physician may dispense dangerous drugs to the |
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physician's patients and charge the patients for the drugs [This
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section does not permit a physician to operate a retail pharmacy] |
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without complying with Chapter 558. |
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SECTION 2. Section 551.004(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) This subtitle does not prevent a practitioner from: |
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(1) administering a drug to a patient of the |
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practitioner; or |
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(2) supplying dangerous drugs to a patient as provided |
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by Section 158.001(b). |
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SECTION 3. Section 158.003, Occupations Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |