Texas Register
TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 15TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
CHAPTER 291PHARMACIES
SUBCHAPTER AALL CLASSES OF PHARMACIES
RULE §291.30Medication Limitations
ISSUE 04/03/2020
ACTION Emergency
Preamble No Rule Available
No prescription or medication order for chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, mefloquine, or azithromycin may be dispensed or distributed unless all the following apply:

  (1)the prescription or medication order bears a written diagnosis from the prescriber consistent with the evidence for its use;

   (2)the prescription or medication order is limited to no more than a fourteen (14) day supply, unless the patient was previously established on the medication prior to the effective date of this rule; and

   (3)no refills may be permitted unless a new prescription or medication order is furnished.

The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the emergency adoption and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on March 20, 2020

TRD-202001208

Allison Vordenbaumen Benz, R.Ph., M.S.

Executive Director

Texas State Board of Pharmacy

Effective date: March 20, 2020

Expiration date: July 17, 2020

For further information, please call: (512) 305-8010

 

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