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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.048 — Unauthorized communication of prescription

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 § 483.048

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 § 483.048Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) An agent of a practitioner commits an offense if the agent communicates by telephone a prescription unless the agent is designated in writing under Section 483.022 as authorized by the practitioner to communicate prescriptions by telephone. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this chapter, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.

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