Sec. 562.012. SUBSTITUTION OF DOSAGE FORM PERMITTED  


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  • With the patient's consent and notification to the practitioner, a pharmacist may dispense a dosage form of a drug different from that prescribed, such as a tablet instead of a capsule or a liquid instead of a tablet, if the dosage form dispensed:

    (1) contains the identical amount of the active ingredients as the dosage prescribed for the patient;

    (2) is not an enteric-coated or timed release product; and

    (3) does not alter desired clinical outcomes.

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