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. 562.011. 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.