Title OC, Occupations Code

Sec. 554.003. PROCEDURES. The board by rule shall specify: (1) the licensing procedures to be followed, including specification of forms to be used, in applying for a pharmacy license; and (2) fees for filing an application for a pharmacy license. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, S…

Sec. 554.004. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION. (a) The board shall specify conditions under which a pharmacist may administer medication, including an immunization and vaccination. The conditions must ensure that: (1) a licensed health care provider authorized to administer the medi…

Sec. 554.005. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND DEVICES. (a) In regulating the practice of pharmacy and the use in this state of prescription drugs and devices in the diagnosis, mitigation, or treatment or prevention of injury, illness, or disease, the board shall: (1) regulate the delivery…

Sec. 554.006. FEES. (a) The board by rule shall establish reasonable and necessary fees so that the fees, in the aggregate, produce sufficient revenue to cover the cost of administering this subtitle. (b) The board by rule shall establish reasonable and necessary fees so that the…

Sec. 554.007. FUNDS. (a) The board shall deposit revenue collected under this subtitle to the credit of the general revenue fund. (b) The board may receive and spend money, or use gifts, grants, and other funds and assets, in addition to money collected under Subsection (a), in a…

Sec. 554.009. LEASE OR PURCHASE OF VEHICLES. (a) The board may lease or purchase vehicles for use in official board business. (b) A vehicle acquired under Subsection (a) is exempt from a requirement to bear state government identification. (c) The board may register a vehicle wit…

Sec. 554.010. PEACE OFFICERS. (a) The board may commission as a peace officer to enforce this subtitle an employee who has been certified as qualified to be a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. (b) An employee commissioned as a peace officer under this subt…

Sec. 554.011. PILOT AND DEMONSTRATION RESEARCH PROJECTS. (a) The board may approve pilot and demonstration research projects for innovative applications in the practice of pharmacy. (b) The board shall specify the procedures to be followed in applying for approval of a project. (…

Sec. 554.012. NOTIFICATION RELATING TO THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS. The board shall inform each holder of a license to practice pharmacy and each holder of a license to operate a pharmacy of the authority of a therapeutic optometrist to prescribe a drug under Section 351.357 by annu…

Sec. 554.014. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO LICENSE HOLDERS. At least once each biennium, the board shall provide to license holders information on: (1) prescribing and dispensing pain medications, with particular emphasis on Schedule II and Schedule III controlled substances; (2) abus…

Sec. 554.015. POISON CONTROL CENTER INFORMATION. The board shall provide to license holders information regarding the services provided by poison control centers. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1163, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Sec. 554.017. LIST OF PHARMACISTS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN PRESCRIPTION DRUG ORDERS. The board shall provide on its Internet website a list of pharmacists who are authorized to sign a prescription drug order under Section 157.101(b-1), including the name of the pharmacist's delegating …

Sec. 554.018. COMPREHENSIVE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER APPROACH. The board shall encourage pharmacists to participate in a program that provides a comprehensive approach to the delivery of early intervention and treatment services for persons with substance use disorders and persons …

Sec. 554.051. RULEMAKING: GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The board shall adopt rules consistent with this subtitle for the administration and enforcement of this subtitle. (a-1) The board may adopt rules to administer Sections 481.074, 481.075, 481.0755, 481.0756, 481.076, 481.07…

Sec. 554.052. IMMUNIZATIONS AND VACCINATIONS; PHYSICIAN SUPERVISION. (a) The board by rule shall require a pharmacist to notify a physician who prescribes an immunization or vaccination within 24 hours after the pharmacist administers the immunization or vaccination. (b) The boar…

Sec. 554.053. RULEMAKING: PHARMACY TECHNICIAN AND PHARMACY TECHNICIAN TRAINEE. (a) The board shall establish rules for the use and the duties of a pharmacy technician and pharmacy technician trainee employed by a pharmacy licensed by the board. A pharmacy technician and pharmacy …

Sec. 554.054. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) The board may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person regulated by the board except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by that person. (b) The board may n…

Sec. 554.055. RULEMAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDIA. The board shall adopt rules regarding the sale and delivery of drugs by use of electronic media, including the Internet. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 972, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Sec. 554.056. RULEMAKING; ADDITION OF FLAVORING TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCT. The board may adopt rules governing the procedures for a pharmacist, as part of compounding, to add flavoring to a commercial product at the request of a patient or a patient's agent. Added by Acts 2007, 80th …

Sec. 554.057. RULEMAKING; IMPLEMENTATION OF DRUG THERAPY UNDER PROTOCOL. The board, with the advice of the Texas Medical Board, shall adopt rules that allow a pharmacist to implement or modify a patient's drug therapy pursuant to a physician's delegation under Section 157.101(b-1…