Tex. Occ. Code § 562.055 · Subchapter B. OTHER PRACTICE BY PHARMACIST
REPORT TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A pharmacist shall report to the Texas Department of Health any unusual or increased prescription rates, unusual types of prescriptions, or unusual trends in pharmacy visits that may be caused by bioterrorism, epidemic or pandemic disease, or novel and highly fatal infectious agents or biological toxins that might pose a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidents of permanent or long-term disability. Prescription-related events that require a report include:
(1) an unusual increase in the number of:
(A) prescriptions to treat respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints or fever;
(B) prescriptions for antibiotics; and
(C) requests for information on over-the-counter pharmaceuticals to treat respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints or fever; and
(2) any prescription that treats a disease that is relatively uncommon and has bioterrorism potential.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1312, Sec. 8, eff. June 21, 2003.
Source of truth
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- 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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- 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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