Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.602 · Subchapter N. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION
PHARMACIST SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An institution shall:
(1) employ a licensed pharmacist responsible for operating the institution's pharmacy; or
(2) contract, in writing, with a licensed pharmacist to advise the institution on ordering, storage, administration, and disposal of medications and biologicals and related recordkeeping.
(b) The institution shall allow residents to choose their pharmacy provider from any pharmacy that is qualified to perform the services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1159, Sec. 1.30, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.242.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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