TITLE: Relating to the prohibited use of a Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number.

SUMMARY: Relating to the prohibited use of a Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the prohibited use of a Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 481.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The director by rule shall prohibit a person in this state, including a person regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance under the Insurance Code or the other insurance laws of this state, a state licensing authority, and a person in the course of the person's employment as a pharmacist, from using a practitioner's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number for a purpose other than a purpose described by federal law or by this chapter. A person who violates a rule adopted under this subsection commits a Class Cmisdemeanor. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.