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Texas Occupations Code § 562.012

Substitution of Dosage Form Permitted

Practice by License Holder · Prescription and Substitution Requirements

With the patient's consent, 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.

Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

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

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 583 (S.B. 869), Sec. 12, eff. June 14, 2013.