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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibited use of a Federal Drug Enforcement |
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Administration number. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 481.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The director by rule shall prohibit a person in this |
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state, including a person regulated by the Texas Department of |
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Insurance under the Insurance Code or the other insurance laws of |
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this state, a state licensing authority, and a person in the course |
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of the person's employment as a pharmacist, from using a |
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practitioner's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number for |
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a purpose other than a purpose described by federal law or by this |
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chapter. A person who violates a rule adopted under this subsection |
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commits a Class C misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |