Tex. Occ. Code § 551.002 · Chapter 551. GENERAL PROVISIONS
LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION; PURPOSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subtitle shall be liberally construed to regulate in the public interest the practice of pharmacy in this state as a professional practice that affects the public health, safety, and welfare.
(b) It is a matter of public interest and concern that the practice of pharmacy merits and receives the confidence of the public and that only qualified persons be permitted to engage in the practice of pharmacy in this state.
(c) The purpose of this subtitle is to promote, preserve, and protect the public health, safety, and welfare through:
(1) effectively controlling and regulating the practice of pharmacy; and
(2) licensing pharmacies engaged in the sale, delivery, or distribution of prescription drugs and devices used in diagnosing and treating injury, illness, and disease.
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.551.htm
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- sha256 8df0091eee23d8a57d737d0f710658c0f5812ef2b709a1c48907503c07eaffcb
- 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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