Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 466.022
Limitation on Prescription, Order, or Administration of Narcotic Drug

A physician may not prescribe, order, or administer a narcotic drug for the purpose of treating drug dependency unless the physician prescribes, orders, or administers an approved narcotic drug for the maintenance or detoxification of persons with a drug dependency as part of a program permitted by the department.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 193, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 1.15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1213, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 466.022 — Limitation on Prescription, Order, or Administration of Narcotic Drug, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­466.­htm#466.­022 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

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