Tex. Health & Safety Code § 439.013 · Subchapter B. DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE
PRESCRIPTION, ADMINISTRATION, AND DISPENSATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as prohibited by Subsection (b), a licensed physician may prescribe or administer DMSO.
(b) A physician may not prescribe or administer DMSO in a formulation not approved for human use by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services unless the physician:
(1) provides a written statement to the patient informing the patient that DMSO, in the formulation to be prescribed or administered, has not been approved for human use by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and
(2) informs the patient of the alternative methods of treatment for the patient's disorder and the potential of alternative methods for cure.
(c) A licensed pharmacist may dispense DMSO on the written prescription of a licensed physician.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.439.htm
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