{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-049","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas Medical Board (waiver granted by the Governor at the Board\u0027s request); State level","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Medical Board (press release announcing the Governor\u0027s approval of the Board\u0027s requested suspension)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 418.016; Governor\u0027s disaster declaration of Mar. 13, 2020","instrument":"Suspension of 22 TAC § 174.5(e)(2)(A) (telephone refills of chronic-pain prescriptions without an in-person visit), granted Mar. 19, 2020","title":"TMB Waiver for Chronic Pain Patients Granted by Governor Abbott (Mar. 19, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-19","end":"2020-04-10 (extended by the Governor Apr. 9, 2020 and May 8, 2020, per the Board\u0027s page, Ex. 050; succeeded by the § 174.5 emergency rule of June 5, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2020-04-10","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["Texas physicians treating established chronic-pain patients"],"clause":"Governor Abbott approved TMB\u0027s request to temporarily suspend Title 22, Chapter 174.5 (e)(2)(A) of the Texas Administrative Code. The Texas Medical Board asserts that strict compliance with these laws could prevent, hinder, or delay timely delivery of necessary medical services in relation to efforts to cope with the declared disaster. This waiver allows telephone refill(s) of a valid prescription for treatment of chronic pain by a physician with an established chronic pain patient. Due to the seriousness of the opioid crisis and the need to ensure there is proper oversight of chronic pain management, this suspension is only in effect until April 10, 2020.","enforcement":"Conditions of the suspension; 22 TAC ch. 174; Tex. Occ. Code § 164.052","functions":["TM telehealth (telephone refills authorized in place of in-person visits)","PR chronic-pain visits (in-person visit requirement lifted)","CB patients"],"notes":"Board-initiated waiver in the first week of the disaster; reaches pain-management and primary-care practices","sourceUrl":"http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/dl/60D898B9-8B1E-D4DD-663F-FCABD683968C","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200525113215/http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/dl/60D898B9-8B1E-D4DD-663F-FCABD683968C","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":85220,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-049","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-049","citation":"Texas Medical Board (press release announcing the Governor\u0027s approval of the Board\u0027s requested suspension), Suspension of 22 TAC § 174.5(e)(2)(A) (telephone refills of chronic-pain prescriptions without an in-person visit), granted Mar. 19, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-049)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}