Tex. Occupations Code § 565.003
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 565.003, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 565.003. ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINE REGARDING APPLICANT FOR OR HOLDER OF NONRESIDENT PHARMACY LICENSE.
Official statutory text
Unless compliance would violate the pharmacy or drug statutes or rules in the state in which the pharmacy is located, the board may discipline an applicant for or the holder of a nonresident pharmacy license if the board finds that the applicant or license holder has failed to comply with:
(1) Subchapter C, Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code;
(2) Texas substitution requirements regarding:
(A) the practitioner's directions concerning generic substitution;
(B) the patient's right to refuse generic substitution; or
(C) notification to the patient of the patient's right to refuse substitution;
(3) any board rule relating to providing drug information to the patient or the patient's agent in written form or by telephone; or
(4) any board rule adopted under Section 554.051(a) and determined by the board to be applicable under Section 554.051(b).
(1) Subchapter C, Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code;
(2) Texas substitution requirements regarding:
(A) the practitioner's directions concerning generic substitution;
(B) the patient's right to refuse generic substitution; or
(C) notification to the patient of the patient's right to refuse substitution;
(3) any board rule relating to providing drug information to the patient or the patient's agent in written form or by telephone; or
(4) any board rule adopted under Section 554.051(a) and determined by the board to be applicable under Section 554.051(b).
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