{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-016","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas State Board of Pharmacy; State level","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Texas State Board of Pharmacy (emergency board business meeting of Mar. 20, 2020)","authority":"Tex. Occ. Code § 554.051; Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 2001.034; Governor\u0027s disaster proclamation of Mar. 13, 2020","instrument":"Emergency Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 291.30 (Medication Limitations)","title":"22 TAC § 291.30. Medication Limitations (chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine dispensing restricted)","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20 (adopted on an emergency basis; effective on filing)","end":"120 days under Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 2001.034 (to about July 18, 2020) with a possible 60-day extension; the Board\u0027s May 15, 2020 guidance (Ex. 017) treats the rule as in force; later readoption not verified","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-07-18","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["SUPPLY","HC"],"addressees":["all classes of Texas pharmacies","prescribers (diagnosis requirement)","patients"],"clause":"§291.30. Medication Limitations. No prescription or medication order for chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine may be dispensed or distributed unless all the following apply: (a) the prescription or medication order bears a written diagnosis from the prescriber consistent with the evidence for its use; (b) the prescription or medication order is limited to no more than a fourteen (14) day supply, unless the patient was previously established on the medication prior to the effective date of this rule; and (c) no refills may be permitted unless a new prescription or medication order is furnished.","enforcement":"Tex. Occ. Code § 565.001-.002 (grounds for discipline of pharmacists and pharmacies, including violation of Board rules); § 566.001 (administrative penalties)","functions":["SC pharmacy supply and dispensing (commerce in two drugs limited: diagnosis, 14-day supply, no refills)","PR dispensing workflow (verification of written diagnosis)","CB patients and prescribers"],"notes":"An order limiting commerce in a named drug, adopted by the licensing board in the first week of the disaster;","sourceUrl":"https://www.pharmacy.texas.gov/files_pdf/BN/291.30-march20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":9501,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-016","citation":"Texas State Board of Pharmacy (emergency board business meeting of Mar. 20, 2020), Emergency Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 291.30 (Medication Limitations) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-016)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}