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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to persons considered practitioners for purposes of |
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prescribing certain drugs and devices. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 483.001(12), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(12) "Practitioner" means: |
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(A) a person licensed by: |
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(i) the Texas Medical Board, State Board of |
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Dental Examiners, Texas Optometry Board, Texas State Board of |
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Acupuncture Examiners, Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners, |
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Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, Texas |
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State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, or State Board of |
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Veterinary Medical Examiners to prescribe and administer dangerous |
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drugs; or |
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(ii) the Texas Department of Licensing and |
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Regulation, with respect to podiatry, to prescribe and administer |
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dangerous drugs; |
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(B) a person licensed by another state in a |
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health field in which, under the laws of this state, a licensee may |
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legally prescribe dangerous drugs; |
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(C) a person licensed in Canada or Mexico in a |
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health field in which, under the laws of this state, a licensee may |
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legally prescribe dangerous drugs; or |
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(D) an advanced practice registered nurse or |
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physician assistant to whom a physician has delegated the authority |
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to prescribe or order a drug or device under Section 157.0511, |
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157.0512, or 157.054, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2023. |