Duty To Monitor Patient

Tex. Occupations Code § 107.103, under Intractable Pain Treatment.

Tex. Occupations Code § 107.103

Sec. 107.103. DUTY TO MONITOR PATIENT. A physician who treats a patient under this subchapter shall monitor the patient to ensure that a prescribed dangerous drug or controlled substance is used only for the treatment of the patient's painful medical condition. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.002(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.