Texas Occupations Code
§ 170.002 — GUIDELINES
OC § 170.002Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 170. PRESCRIPTION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS
Statute text
View on source(a)The board shall adopt guidelines for the prescription of opioid antagonists.
(b)The guidelines must address:
(1)prescribing an opioid antagonist to a patient to whom an opioid medication is also prescribed; and
(2)identifying patients at risk of an opioid-related drug overdose and prescribing an opioid antagonist to that patient or to a person in a position to administer the opioid antagonist to that patient. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (S.B. 584), Sec. 1
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (S.B. 584), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 534 (S.B. 315), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.