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- Jurisdiction
- Texas State Board of Pharmacy; State level · Texas
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Tex. Occ. Code ch. 554; Emergency Board Rule 291.30
- Issued
- 2020-05-15 May 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-15
- End
- Tied to the life of Emergency Rule 291.30 (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- May 15, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersSupply chain
- Addressees
- Texas pharmacists and pharmacies
- prescribers
- Functions reached
- SC dispensing (diagnosis verification step compelled by rule)
- CB prescribers and patients
- Collection
- State health licensing boards AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS
Operative words
In addition, the Texas State Board of Pharmacy has issued the following guidance with regard to dispensing drugs in compliance with Emergency Board Rule 291.30: The rule does not prevent a physician from prescribing one of these drugs for an off-label use.... Pharmacists have a corresponding responsibility and use professional judgement when dispensing a prescription. Obtaining the diagnosis from the prescriber when dispensing a prescription by the pharmacist is not a violation of HIPAA.
Enforcement
Tex. Occ. Code §§ 565.001-.002; § 566.001
Notes
Confirms the emergency rule remained the operative constraint on dispensing in the second quarter of 2020