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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of physicians to delegate to certain |
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pharmacists the implementation and modification of a patient's drug |
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therapy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 157.101, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) A delegation under Subsection (b) may include the |
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implementation or modification of a patient's drug therapy under a |
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protocol, including the authority to sign a prescription drug order |
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for dangerous drugs, if: |
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(1) the delegation follows a diagnosis, initial |
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patient assessment, and drug therapy order by the physician; |
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(2) the pharmacist practices in a federally qualified |
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health center, a hospital, a hospital-based clinic, or an academic |
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health care institution; |
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(3) the federally qualified health center, hospital, |
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hospital-based clinic, or academic health care institution in which |
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the pharmacist practices has bylaws and a medical staff policy that |
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permit a physician to delegate to a pharmacist the management of a |
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patient's drug therapy; |
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(4) the pharmacist provides the name, address, and |
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telephone number of the pharmacist and of the delegating physician |
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on each prescription signed by the pharmacist; and |
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(5) the pharmacist provides a copy of the protocol to |
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the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. |
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(g) In this section, "federally qualified health center" |
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has the meaning assigned by Section 531.02192, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |