TSBP notification: Emergency Dispensing of Prescription Medications (COVID-19 disaster)

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas State Board of Pharmacy; State level · Texas

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Tex. Occ. Code § 562.054; 22 TAC § 291.34

Effective

March 2020 (posted on the Board's site by Mar. 21, 2020, the date of the Wayback capture); operative for the duration of the Governor's Chapter 418 disaster declaration (read as 2020-03-21)

End

Duration of the disaster declaration (renewed monthly through and beyond Sept. 30, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Mar. 21, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersOther

Addressees

• Texas pharmacists
• patients

Functions reached

• PR dispensing (emergency-refill authority triggered by the disaster declaration)
• CB patients
• SC inventory

Collection

State health licensing boards AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS

Operative words

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

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