Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 481.0756
Waivers from Electronic Prescribing
(a)
The appropriate regulatory agency that issued the license, certification, or registration to a prescriber is authorized to grant a prescriber a waiver from the electronic prescribing requirement under the provisions of this section.(b)
The board shall convene an interagency workgroup that includes representatives of each regulatory agency that issues a license, certification, or registration to a prescriber.(c)
The work group described by Subsection (b) shall establish recommendations and standards for circumstances in which a waiver from the electronic prescribing requirement is appropriate and a process under which a prescriber may request and receive a waiver.(d)
The board shall adopt rules establishing the eligibility for a waiver, including:(1)
economic hardship;(2)
technological limitations not reasonably within the control of the prescriber; or(3)
other exceptional circumstances demonstrated by the prescriber.(e)
Each regulatory agency that issues a license, certification, or registration to a prescriber shall adopt rules for the granting of waivers consistent with the board rules adopted under Subsection (d).(f)
A waiver may be issued to a prescriber for a period of one year. A prescriber may reapply for a subsequent waiver not earlier than the 30th day before the date the waiver expires if the circumstances that necessitated the waiver continue.
Source:
Section 481.0756 — Waivers from Electronic Prescribing, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.481.htm#481.0756 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
