{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-048","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas Medical Board; State level","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Medical Board, Executive Committee (with advice and direction from the Governor\u0027s Office)","authority":"Tex. Occ. Code § 153.001; Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 2001.034","instrument":"Emergency re-adoption of the amendments to 22 TAC § 174.5 (issuance of prescriptions during the COVID-19 disaster), July 1, 2020","title":"TMB Extends Emergency Rule Related to Issuance of Prescriptions (July 1, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-07-01","effective":"2020-07-05 at 12:00 a.m.","end":"2020-09-02 at 11:59 p.m., or the end of the Governor\u0027s Mar. 13, 2020 disaster declaration, whichever is shorter","startDate":"2020-07-05","endDate":"2020-09-02","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["Texas physicians prescribing by telemedicine"],"clause":"The Board previously adopted emergency amendments to Title 22, Chapter 174.5, which are set to expire July 4, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. The new amendments, effective July 5, 2020 at 12:00 a.m., leave the previous emergency rule unchanged, with the exception of the rule\u0027s expiration date. The emergency rule will remain in place until September 2, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. or for the duration of the time period that the Governor\u0027s disaster declaration of March 13, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is in effect, whichever is shorter, pursuant to Section 2001.034 of the Texas Government Code.","enforcement":"22 TAC ch. 174; Tex. Occ. Code § 164.052","functions":["TM telehealth prescribing (rule in force on July 1, 2020, the first day of 2020Q3)","PR prescribing","CB patients"],"notes":"Shows the Board\u0027s emergency telemedicine-prescribing rule in force through the summer of 2020","sourceUrl":"http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/dl/4AF6517C-ACB5-EE63-5B0E-144532503E0E","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200704142205/http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/dl/4AF6517C-ACB5-EE63-5B0E-144532503E0E","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":62275,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-048","citation":"Texas Medical Board, Executive Committee (with advice and direction from the Governor\u0027s Office), Emergency re-adoption of the amendments to 22 TAC § 174.5 (issuance of prescriptions during the COVID-19 disaster), July 1, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-048)","stateName":"Texas","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-047"]}