Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 487.054. COMPASSIONATE-USE REGISTRY. (a) The department shall establish and maintain a secure online compassionate-use registry that contains: (1) the name of each physician who registers as the prescriber for a patient under Section 169.004, Occupations Code, the name and d…

Sec. 487.101. LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) A license issued by the department under this chapter is required to operate a dispensing organization. (b) A dispensing organization licensed under this chapter is not required to apply for an additional license for the use of a satellite loca…

Sec. 487.102. ELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE. An applicant for a license to operate as a dispensing organization is eligible for the license if: (1) as determined by the department, the applicant possesses: (A) the technical and technological ability to cultivate and produce low-THC can…

Sec. 487.103. APPLICATION. (a) A person may apply for an initial or renewal license to operate as a dispensing organization by submitting a form prescribed by the department along with the application fee in an amount set by the director. (b) The application must include: (1) the…

Sec. 487.1035. SATELLITE LOCATIONS. (a) A dispensing organization licensed under this chapter may operate one or more satellite locations in addition to the organization's primary location to securely store low-THC cannabis for distribution. (b) A satellite location must be appro…

Sec. 487.104. ISSUANCE, RENEWAL, OR DENIAL OF LICENSE. (a) The department shall issue or renew a license to operate as a dispensing organization only if: (1) the department determines the applicant meets the eligibility requirements described by Section 487.102; and (2) issuance …

Sec. 487.1045. REQUIREMENT OF LICENSE HOLDER TO BEGIN AND MAINTAIN OPERATIONS. (a) An applicant issued a license to operate a dispensing organization must begin dispensing low-THC cannabis not later than 24 months after the date the license is issued and continue dispensing low-T…

Sec. 487.105. CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK. (a) An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a license to operate as a dispensing organization shall provide the department with the applicant's name and the name of each of the applicant's directors, owners, managers, members, …

Sec. 487.106. DUTY TO MAINTAIN ELIGIBILITY. A dispensing organization must maintain compliance at all times with the eligibility requirements described by Section 487.102. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (S.B. 339), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2015.

Sec. 487.107. DUTIES RELATING TO DISPENSING PRESCRIPTION. (a) Before dispensing low-THC cannabis to a person for whom the low-THC cannabis is prescribed under Chapter 169, Occupations Code, the dispensing organization must verify that the prescription presented: (1) is for a pers…

Sec. 487.1071. CANNABINOIDS ELIGIBLE FOR DISPENSING. (a) In this section, "phytocannabinoid" means a chemical substance: (1) created naturally by a plant of the species Cannabis sativa L. that is separated from the plant by a mechanical or chemical extraction process; (2) created…

Sec. 487.108. LICENSE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION. (a) The department may at any time suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if the department determines that the licensee has not maintained the eligibility requirements described by Section 487.102 or has failed to co…

Sec. 487.151. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. (a) An individual who is a director, owner, manager, member, or employee of a dispensing organization must apply for and obtain a registration under this section. (b) An applicant for a registration under this section must: (1) be at least 18 …

Sec. 487.201. COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES MAY NOT PROHIBIT LOW-THC CANNABIS. A municipality, county, or other political subdivision may not enact, adopt, or enforce a rule, ordinance, order, resolution, or other regulation that prohibits the cultivation, production, storage, disp…

Sec. 487.251. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. (2) "Institutional review board" means a compassionate-use institutional review board established under Section 487.253. Added…

Sec. 487.252. RULES. (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), the executive commissioner shall adopt all necessary rules to implement this subchapter, including rules designating the medical conditions for which a patient may be treated with low-THC cannabis as part of…

Sec. 487.253. COMPASSIONATE-USE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS. (a) One or more compassionate-use institutional review boards may be established to: (1) evaluate and approve proposed research programs to study the medical use of low-THC cannabis in treating a medical condition desig…

Sec. 487.254. REPORTS BY INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS. Each institutional review board shall submit written reports that describe and assess the research findings of each approved research program to: (1) the Health and Human Services Commission, not later than October 1 of each y…

Sec. 487.255. PATIENT TREATMENT. (a) Patient treatment provided as part of an approved research program under this subchapter may be administered only by a physician certified by an institutional review board to participate in the program. (b) A patient participating in a researc…

Sec. 487.256. INFORMED CONSENT. (a) Before receiving treatment under an approved research program, each patient must sign a written informed consent form. (b) If the patient is a minor or lacks the mental capacity to provide informed consent, a parent, guardian, or conservator ma…