Tex. Occ. Code § 158.002 · Chapter 158. AUTHORITY OF PHYSICIAN TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DRUGS AND SUPPLIES
PROVISION OF FREE SAMPLES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter does not prohibit a physician from supplying a pharmaceutical sample to a patient free of charge if, in the physician's opinion, it is advantageous to the patient, in adhering to a course of treatment prescribed by the physician, to receive the sample.
(b) A pharmaceutical sample provided under this section must be:
(1) provided to the physician from the manufacturer free of charge and delivered to a patient free of any direct or indirect charge;
(2) prepackaged by the original manufacturer and not repackaged; and
(3) marked on the immediate container to indicate that it is a sample or recorded in records that indicate it is a sample.
(c) Each state and federal labeling and recordkeeping requirement must be followed and documented. A record maintained under Subsection (b)(3) must be accessible as provided under state and federal law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.158.htm
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- sha256 d5158ffb45c37a77815bd528d58ecfa4309aeb9cee501b71efd4bd185e98b5dc
- 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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