Texas Occupations Code
§ 157.002 — GENERAL DELEGATION OF ADMINISTRATION AND PROVISION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS
OC § 157.002Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 157. AUTHORITY OF PHYSICIAN TO DELEGATE CERTAIN MEDICAL ACTS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Administering" means the direct application of a drug to the body of a patient by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means.
(2)"Provision" means the supply of one or more unit doses of a drug, medicine, or dangerous drug.
(b)A physician may delegate to any qualified and properly trained person acting under the physician's supervision the act of administering or providing dangerous drugs in the physician's office, as ordered by the physician, that are used or required to meet the immediate needs of the physician's patients. The administration or provision of the dangerous drugs must be performed in compliance with laws relating to the practice of medicine and state and federal laws relating to those dangerous drugs.
(c)A physician may also delegate to any qualified and properly trained person acting under the physician's supervision the act of administering or providing dangerous drugs through a facility licensed by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, as ordered by the physician, that are used or required to meet the immediate needs of the physician's patients. The administration of those dangerous drugs must be in compliance with laws relating to the practice of medicine, professional nursing, and pharmacy and state and federal drug laws. The provision of those dangerous drugs must be in compliance with:
(1)laws relating to the practice of medicine, professional nursing, and pharmacy;
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Legislative history
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.