Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.703 · Subchapter O. EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF EPINEPHRINE
PRESCRIPTION OF EPINEPHRINE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A physician, or a person who has been delegated prescriptive authority under Chapter 157, Occupations Code, may prescribe epinephrine delivery systems in the name of a law enforcement agency.
(b) A physician or other person who prescribes epinephrine delivery systems under Subsection (a) shall provide the law enforcement agency with a standing order for the administration of an epinephrine delivery system to a person reasonably believed to be experiencing anaphylaxis.
(c) A standing order under Subsection (b) is not required to be patient-specific. An epinephrine delivery system may be administered under this subchapter to a person without a previously established physician-patient relationship.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, supervision or delegation by a physician is considered adequate if the physician:
(1) periodically reviews the order; and
(2) is available through direct telecommunication as needed for consultation, assistance, and direction.
(e) An order issued under this section must contain:
(1) the name and signature of the prescribing physician or other person;
(2) the name of the law enforcement agency to which the order is issued;
(3) the quantity of epinephrine delivery systems to be obtained and maintained under the order; and
(4) the date the order was issued.
(f) A pharmacist may dispense an epinephrine delivery system to a law enforcement agency without requiring the name of or any other identifying information relating to the user.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 653 (S.B. 1827), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 67 (S.B. 1619), Sec. 32, eff. May 19, 2025.
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