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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.003 — Department of state health services hearings regarding certain dangerous drugs

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 483: DANGEROUS DRUGS, Texas Health and Safety Code.

Full text of Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.003

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.003Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) The Department of State Health Services may hold public hearings in accordance with Chapter 2001 , Government Code, to determine whether there is compelling evidence that a dangerous drug has been abused, either by being prescribed for nontherapeutic purposes or by the ultimate user. (b) On finding that a dangerous drug has been abused, the Department of State Health Services may limit the availability of the abused drug by permitting its dispensing only on the prescription of a practitioner described by Section 483.001 (12)(A), (B), or (D).

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