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. 562.012. 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.