Tex. Health & Safety Code § 446.001 · Chapter 446. IVERMECTIN
SALE OF IVERMECTIN WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION; ESTABLISHING PROTECTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A pharmacist may dispense ivermectin to a person, without requiring a prescription order from a licensed health care practitioner, in accordance with any written standardized procedures or protocols issued by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, including, if required, providing the person with instructions on the proper use of ivermectin.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacist acting in a reasonably prudent manner is not criminally or civilly liable or subject to professional disciplinary action for dispensing ivermectin in accordance with this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 11 (H.B. 25), Sec. 1, eff. December 4, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.446.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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