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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.021 — Determination by pharmacist on request to dispense drug
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 § 483.021
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.
(a) A pharmacist who is requested to dispense a dangerous drug under a prescription issued by a practitioner shall determine, in the exercise of the pharmacist's professional judgment, that the prescription is a valid prescription. A pharmacist may not dispense a dangerous drug if the pharmacist knows or should have known that the prescription was issued without a valid patient-practitioner relationship. (b) A pharmacist who is requested to dispense a dangerous drug under a prescription issued by a therapeutic optometrist shall determine, in the exercise of the pharmacist's professional judgment, whether the prescription is for a dangerous drug that a therapeutic optometrist is authorized to prescribe under Section 351.358 , Occupations Code.
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