Tex. Health & Safety Code § 442A.054 · Subchapter B. PHARMACY PARTICIPATION
MAIL-BACK PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A participating pharmacy that provides a collection receptacle for the safe disposal of prescription drugs may, under limited circumstances as the pharmacy determines necessary, provide at the time the pharmacy dispenses a controlled substance prescription drug to the ultimate user a vendor's mail-back envelope, at no cost to the ultimate user. The mail-back envelope must:
(1) be pre-addressed and return postage paid; and
(2) meet the requirements of 21 C.F.R. Section 1317.70.
(b) A participating pharmacy may provide not more than 250 mail-back envelopes during the duration of the pilot program to encourage use of the pharmacy's collection receptacle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 293 (S.B. 2173), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.442A.htm
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