Texas Occupations Code
§ 168.201 — REGULATION OF PERSON AFFILIATED WITH CLINIC
OC § 168.201Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 168. REGULATION OF PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINICS · Art. E. REGULATION OF CLINICS; ENFORCEMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)The owner or operator of a pain management clinic, an employee of the clinic, or a person with whom a clinic contracts for services may not:
(1)have been denied, by any jurisdiction, a license under which the person may prescribe, dispense, administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance;
(2)have held a license issued by any jurisdiction, under which the person may prescribe, dispense, administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance, that has been restricted; or
(3)have been subject to disciplinary action by any licensing entity for conduct that was a result of inappropriately prescribing, dispensing, administering, supplying, or selling a controlled substance. (a-1) For the purposes of this section, inappropriate prescribing includes nontherapeutic prescribing or other conduct as specified by board rule.
(b)A pain management clinic may not be owned wholly or partly by a person who has been convicted of, pled nolo contendere to, or received deferred adjudication for:
(1)an offense that constitutes a felony; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 956 (H.B. 1803), Sec. 8, eff. January 1, 2014. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 478 (S.B. 1235), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 534 (S.B. 315), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.