Texas Occupations Code
§ 556.053 — EXTENT OF INSPECTION; CONFIDENTIALITY
OC § 556.053Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part J. PHARMACY AND PHARMACISTS · Ch. 556. ADMINISTRATIVE INSPECTIONS AND WARRANTS · Art. B. INSPECTIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)Except as otherwise provided in an inspection warrant, the person authorized to represent the board may:
(1)inspect and copy documents, including records or reports, required to be kept or made under this subtitle, Chapter 481 or 483, Health and Safety Code, or the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.) or rules adopted under one of those laws;
(2)inspect, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, a facility's storage, equipment, security, prescription drugs or devices, components used in compounding, finished and unfinished products, or records; or
(3)perform an inventory of any stock of prescription drugs or devices, components used in compounding, or finished and unfinished products in a facility and obtain samples of those substances.
(b)Reports, records, formulas, and test results of samples of products compounded by pharmacies obtained by the board may be provided to the pharmacy that compounded the product but otherwise are confidential and do not constitute public information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code. The board may create, use, or disclose statistical information from the test results of samples of compounded products.
(c)The board may disclose information confidential under Subsection (b):
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 28 (S.B. 492), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 785 (S.B. 1127), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.