Texas Occupations Code
§ 562.1011 — OPERATION OF CLASS C PHARMACY IN CERTAIN RURAL HOSPITALS
OC § 562.1011Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part J. PHARMACY AND PHARMACISTS · Ch. 562. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER · Art. C. PRACTICE BY PHARMACY
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Nurse" has the meaning assigned by Section 301.002. The term includes a nurse who is also registered as a pharmacy technician.
(2)"Rural hospital" means a licensed hospital with 75 beds or fewer that:
(A)is located in a county with a population of 50,000 or less; or
(B)has been designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a critical access hospital, rural referral center, or sole community hospital.
(b)If a practitioner orders a prescription drug or device for a patient in a rural hospital when the hospital pharmacist is not on duty or when the institutional pharmacy is closed, a nurse or practitioner may withdraw the drug or device from the pharmacy in sufficient quantity to fill the order.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1128 (H.B. 1924), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.