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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.021

DETERMINATION BY PHARMACIST ON REQUEST TO DISPENSE DRUG

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Martinez v. Walgreen Co. (2019)

Most recently applied in Martinez v. Walgreen Co. (August 2019)

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A pharmacist who is requested to dispense a dangerous drug under a prescription issued by a practitioner shall determine, in the exercise of the pharmacist's professional judgment, that the prescription is a valid prescription. A pharmacist may not dispense a dangerous drug if the pharmacist knows or should have known that the prescription was issued without a valid patient-practitioner relationship.

(b) A pharmacist who is requested to dispense a dangerous drug under a prescription issued by a therapeutic optometrist shall determine, in the exercise of the pharmacist's professional judgment, whether the prescription is for a dangerous drug that a therapeutic optometrist is authorized to prescribe under Section 351.358, Occupations Code.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.