Tex.
Occ. Code Section 562.056
Practitioner-patient Relationship Required
(a)
Before dispensing a prescription, a pharmacist shall determine, in the exercise of sound professional judgment, that the prescription is a valid prescription. A pharmacist may not dispense a prescription drug if the pharmacist knows or should know that the prescription was issued without a valid practitioner-patient relationship.(a-1)
To be a valid prescription, a prescription must be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by a practitioner acting in the usual course of the practitioner’s professional practice. The responsibility for the proper prescribing and dispensing of prescription drugs is on the prescribing practitioner, but a corresponding responsibility rests with the pharmacist who fills the prescription.(b)
This section does not prohibit a pharmacist from dispensing a prescription when a valid practitioner-patient relationship is not present in an emergency.(c)
For purposes of this section and Section 562.112 (Practitioner-patient Relationship Required), a valid practitioner-patient relationship is present between a practitioner providing telemedicine medical services or teledentistry dental services and the patient receiving the services if the practitioner has complied with the requirements for establishing such a relationship in accordance with Section 111.005 (Practitioner-patient Relationship for Telemedicine Medical Services or Teledentistry Dental Services).
Source:
Section 562.056 — Practitioner-patient Relationship Required, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.562.htm#562.056 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
