Sec. 562.112. PRACTITIONER-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP REQUIRED. (a) A pharmacy shall ensure that its agents and employees, before dispensing a prescription, determine in the exercise of sound professional judgment that the prescription is a valid prescription. A pharmacy may not dispense a prescription drug if an agent or employee of the pharmacy knows or should know that the prescription was issued on the basis of an Internet-based or telephonic consultation without a valid practitioner-patient relationship.
(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a pharmacy from dispensing a prescription when a valid practitioner-patient relationship is not present in an emergency.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 410), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2005.
Renumbered from Occupations Code, Section 562.111 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 17.001(58), eff. September 1, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle J - Pharmacy and Pharmacists
Chapter 562 - Practice by License Holder
Subchapter C. Practice by Pharmacy
Section 562.101. Supervision of Pharmacy
Section 562.1011. Operation of Class C Pharmacy in Certain Rural Hospitals
Section 562.102. Confidential Record
Section 562.103. Display of Licenses by Pharmacy
Section 562.104. Toll-Free Telephone Number Required
Section 562.1045. Linking Internet Sites
Section 562.105. Maintenance of Records
Section 562.107. Written Consumer Information Required
Section 562.108. Emergency Medication Kits
Section 562.1085. Unused Drugs Returned by Certain Pharmacists
Section 562.1086. Limitation on Liability
Section 562.109. Automated Pharmacy Systems