Tex. Occ. Code § 169.004 · Chapter 169. AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE LOW-THC CANNABIS TO CERTAIN PATIENTS FOR COMPASSIONATE USE
LOW-THC CANNABIS PRESCRIBER REGISTRATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before a physician qualified to prescribe low-THC cannabis under Section 169.002 may prescribe or renew a prescription for low-THC cannabis for a patient under this chapter, the physician must register as the prescriber for that patient in the compassionate-use registry maintained by the department under Section 487.054, Health and Safety Code. The physician's registration must indicate:
(1) the physician's name;
(2) the patient's name and date of birth;
(3) the dosage prescribed to the patient;
(4) the means of administration ordered for the patient; and
(5) the total amount of low-THC cannabis required to fill the patient's prescription.
(b) The department may not publish the name of a physician registered under this section unless permission is expressly granted by the physician.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (S.B. 339), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 3703), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.169.htm
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