Tex. Health & Safety Code § 442.056 · Subchapter B. DONATION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
RECIPIENT FORM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Before accepting a donated prescription drug under this chapter, a recipient shall sign a form prescribed by the department stating that:
(1) the recipient acknowledges that if the donor is an individual, prescription drug manufacturer, or health care facility other than a pharmacy, the donor is not a pharmacist and the donor took ordinary care of the prescription drug;
(2) the recipient acknowledges that the donor is known to the participating provider and that there is no reason to believe that the prescription drug was improperly handled or stored;
(3) by accepting the prescription drug, the recipient accepts any risk that an accidental mishandling could create; and
(4) the recipient releases the donor, participating provider, and manufacturer of the drug from liability related to the prescription drug.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 485 (H.B. 2561), Sec. 7(a), eff. September 1, 2017.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 761 (H.B. 4331), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.442.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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