Texas Occupations Code

§ 562.010 — RESPONSIBILITY CONCERNING GENERICALLY EQUIVALENT DRUG OR INTERCHANGEABLE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; LIABILITY

OC § 562.010Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part J. PHARMACY AND PHARMACISTS · Ch. 562. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER · Art. A. PRESCRIPTION AND SUBSTITUTION REQUIREMENTS

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(a)A pharmacist who selects a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product to be dispensed under this subchapter assumes the same responsibility for selecting the generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product as the pharmacist does in filling a prescription for a drug prescribed by generic or biological product name.

(b)The prescribing practitioner is not liable for a pharmacist's act or omission in selecting, preparing, or dispensing a drug or biological product under this subchapter. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by:

Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1007 (H.B. 751), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2015.