Tex. Health & Safety Code § 486.013 · Subchapter B. OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES
RESTRICTION OF ACCESS TO EPHEDRINE, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, AND NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A business establishment that engages in over-the-counter sales of products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine shall:
(1) if the establishment operates a pharmacy licensed by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, maintain those products:
(A) behind the pharmacy counter; or
(B) in a locked case within 30 feet and in a direct line of sight from a pharmacy counter staffed by an employee of the establishment; or
(2) if the establishment does not operate a pharmacy licensed by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, maintain those products:
(A) behind a sales counter; or
(B) in a locked case within 30 feet and in a direct line of sight from a sales counter continuously staffed by an employee of the establishment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 282 (H.B. 164), Sec. 9, eff. August 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.486.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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