A hospital or other health care facility may not prohibit or restrict the use of a dangerous drug or controlled substance prescribed or administered by a physician who holds staff privileges at the hospital or facility for a person diagnosed and treated by a physician for intractable pain.
Tex. Occ. Code § 107.053
LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF HOSPITAL OR OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITY REGARDING USE OF DANGEROUS DRUG OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Known as the Intractable Pain Treatment Act
The act spans §§ 107–107 (12 sections).
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.002(a), eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.