TITLE: Relating to the authority of an providers right to redispense.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of an providers right to redispense.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of an providers right to redispense. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Section 1431.002, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding a Subsection to read as follows: "Redispense" means to prepare or compound in the course of professional practice, a prescription drug or device for delivery to an ultimate user or the user's agent under a practitioner's lawful order, after the prescription or drug has been originally dispensed, but does not include relabeling; SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Section 1431.021, Health and Safety Code, Subdivision (w) is amended to read as follows: (w) except as provided under Subchapter Mof this chapter and Section 562.1085,Occupations Code, the acceptance by a person of an unused prescription or drug, in whole or in part, for the purpose of resale or redispensing,after the prescription or drug has been originally dispensed, or sold; SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.