Texas statute
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.102 — Prescription of opioid antagonist; standing order
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 § 483.102
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 prescriber may, directly or by standing order, prescribe an opioid antagonist to: (1) a person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose; or (2) a family member, friend, or other person in a position to assist a person described by Subdivision (1). (b) A prescription issued under this section is considered as issued for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional practice. (c) A prescriber who, acting in good faith with reasonable care, prescribes or does not prescribe an opioid antagonist is not subject to any criminal or civil liability or any professional disciplinary action for: (1) prescribing or failing to prescribe the opioid antagonist; or (2) if the prescriber chooses to prescribe an opioid antagonist, any outcome resulting from the eventual administration of the opioid antagonist.
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