Sec. 562.011. RESTRICTION ON SELECTION OF AND CHARGING FOR GENERICALLY EQUIVALENT DRUG  


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  • (a) A pharmacist may not select a generically equivalent drug unless the generically equivalent drug selected costs the patient less than the prescribed drug.

    (b) A pharmacist may not charge for dispensing a generically equivalent drug a professional fee higher than the fee the pharmacist customarily charges for dispensing the brand name drug prescribed.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.