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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 15TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 354MEDICAID HEALTH SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER FPHARMACY SERVICES
DIVISION 4LIMITATIONS
RULE §354.1871Advertising

(a) No advertising is used to influence a recipient's free choice of a pharmacy and no advertising is used that, in the opinion of the Commission, is designed to or has the effect of promoting the volume of prescriptions provided under the Vendor Drug Program.

(b) Advertisements should convey only participation in the program.

(c) The sign supplied by the Commission may be used at the discretion of the pharmacy. Announcements of the participation in the Vendor Drug Program may be made on radio, on television, in newspapers, or in the media. Bargains, premiums, or other considerations on prescriptions may not be advertised in any manner that would increase the provider's volume of Medicaid prescriptions.


Source Note: The provisions of this §354.1871 adopted to be effective November 16, 1987, 12 TexReg 3553; transferred effective September 1, 1993, as published in the Texas Register September 7, 1993, 18 TexReg 5978; transferred effective September 1, 2001, as published in the Texas Register May 24, 2002, 27 TexReg 4562; amended to be effective June 19, 2003, 28 TexReg 4541

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