Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
OCCUPATIONS CODE |
Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
Subtitle J. PHARMACY AND PHARMACISTS |
Chapter 562. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER |
Subchapter A. PRESCRIPTION AND SUBSTITUTION REQUIREMENTS |
Sec. 562.002. LEGISLATIVE INTENT
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It is the intent of the legislature to save consumers money by allowing the substitution of lower-priced generically equivalent drug products for certain brand name drug products and for pharmacies and pharmacists to pass on the net benefit of the lower costs of the generically equivalent drug product to the purchaser.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.