Tex. Occ. Code § 562.012 · Subchapter A. PRESCRIPTION AND SUBSTITUTION REQUIREMENTS
SUBSTITUTION OF DOSAGE FORM PERMITTED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
With the patient's consent, a pharmacist may dispense a dosage form of a drug different from that prescribed, such as a tablet instead of a capsule or a liquid instead of a tablet, if the dosage form dispensed:
(1) contains the identical amount of the active ingredients as the dosage prescribed for the patient;
(2) is not an enteric-coated or timed release product; and
(3) does not alter desired clinical outcomes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 583 (S.B. 869), Sec. 12, eff. June 14, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.562.htm
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- 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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