{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-018","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","authority":"Tex. Occ. Code § 562.054; 22 TAC § 291.34","instrument":"TSBP notification: Emergency Dispensing of Prescription Medications (COVID-19 disaster)","title":"Emergency Dispensing of Prescription Medications: 30-day emergency refills without prescriber authorization during the Governor\u0027s declared disaster","dateIssued":"","effective":"March 2020 (posted on the Board\u0027s site by Mar. 21, 2020, the date of the Wayback capture); operative for the duration of the Governor\u0027s Chapter 418 disaster declaration","end":"Duration of the disaster declaration (renewed monthly through and beyond Sept. 30, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-21","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["Texas pharmacists","patients"],"clause":"In most cases, pharmacists may not dispense more than a 72-hour supply of medication. However, in the event of a natural or manmade disaster, the Texas Pharmacy Act (Sec. 562.054) and board rule 291.34 allow a pharmacist to dispense up to a 30-day supply of a prescription drug, other than a Schedule II controlled substance, without the authorization of the prescribing practitioner if: failure to refill the prescription might result in an interruption of a therapeutic regimen or create patient suffering;... the natural or manmade disaster prohibits the pharmacist from being able to contact the practitioner;... the governor has declared a state of disaster under Chapter 418, Government Code.","enforcement":"Tex. Occ. Code §§ 565.001-.002 (conditions of the emergency-dispensing authority)","functions":["PR dispensing (emergency-refill authority triggered by the disaster declaration)","CB patients","SC inventory"],"notes":"The Board\u0027s statement of the emergency-refill regime that the Chapter 418 declaration switched on for every Texas pharmacy; the trigger (the declaration) remained in force through Sept. 30, 2021","sourceUrl":"https://www.pharmacy.texas.gov/files_pdf/2020_03-covid19-refill-notification.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":24171,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-018","citation":"Texas State Board of Pharmacy, TSBP notification: Emergency Dispensing of Prescription Medications (COVID-19 disaster) (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-018)","stateName":"Texas","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-019","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-017"]}