Recent Proposed Rule Changes
In the September 20, 2024, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §291.9 concerning Prescription Pick Up Locations
- §291.33 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.133 concerning Pharmacies Compounding Sterile Preparations
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Comments are due no later than October 29, 2024.
In the June 14, 2024, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §281.69 concerning Automatic Denial or Revocation
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Comments are due no later than July 30, 2024.
In the March 22, 2024, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §291.12 (new rule) concerning Delivery of Prescription Drugs
- §291.131 concerning Pharmacies Compounding Non-Sterile Preparations
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Comments are due no later than April 30, 2024.
In the December 22, 2023, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.12 concerning Licenses for Military Service Members, Military Veterans, and Military Spouses
- §291.74 concerning Operational Standards
- §297.10 concerning Registration for Military Service Members, Military Veterans, and Military Spouses
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Comments are due no later than January 30, 2024.
In the December 15, 2023, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.9 concerning Fee Requirements for Licensure by Examination, Score Transfer and Reciprocity
- §315.9 concerning Pharmacy Responsibility - Out-of-State Practitioner - Effective September 1, 2016
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Comments are due no later than January 30, 2024.
In the September 22, 2023, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.12 concerning Licenses for Military Service Members, Military Veterans, and Military Spouses
- §291.3 concerning Required Notifications
- §291.5 concerning Closing a Pharmacy
- §291.6 concerning Pharmacy License Fees
- §291.8 concerning Return of Prescription Drugs
- §291.33 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.74 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.121 concerning Remote Pharmacy Services
- §291.129 concerning Satellite Pharmacy
- §295.5 concerning Pharmacist License or Renewal Fees
- §295.8 concerning Continuing Education Requirements
- §295.9 concerning Inactive License
- §297.10 concerning Registration for Military Service Members, Military Veterans, and Military Spouses
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Comments are due no later than October 30, 2023.
In the June 16, 2023, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.4 concerning Internship Requirements
- §283.6 concerning Preceptor Requirements and Ratio of Preceptors to Pharmacist-Interns
- §291.12 concerning Delivery of Prescription Drugs
- §291.24 concerning Pharmacy Residency Programs
- §291.27 concerning Confidentiality
- §291.121 concerning Remote Pharmacy Services
- §291.151 concerning Pharmacies Located in a Freestanding Emergency Medical Care Facility (Class F)
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Comments are due no later than July 24, 2023.
In the March 17, 2023, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.2 concerning Definitions
- §283.4 concerning Internship Requirements
- §291.121 concerning Remote Pharmacy Services
- §295.8 concerning Continuing Education Requirements
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Comments are due no later than April 21, 2023.
In the December 23, 2022, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §291.76 concerning Class C Pharmacies Located in a Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical Center
- §291.104 concerning Operational Standards
- §303.1 concerning Destruction of Dispensed Drugs
- §315.6 concerning Pharmacy Responsibility - Electronic Reporting
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Comments are due no later than January 30, 2023.
In the September 9, 2022, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §291.8 concerning Return of Prescription Drugs
- §291.33 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.73 concerning Personnel
- §295.8 concerning Continuing Education Requirements
- §297.8 concerning Continuing Education Requirements
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Comments are due no later than October 24, 2022.
In the June 24, 2022, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.4 concerning Internship Requirements
- §291.33 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.104 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.125 concerning Centralized Prescription Dispensing
- §291.131 concerning Pharmacies Compounding Non-Sterile Preparations
- §305.1 concerning Pharmacy Education Requirements
- §305.2 concerning Pharmacy Technician Training Programs
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Comments are due no later than July 25, 2022.
In the March 18, 2022, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §281.66 concerning Application for Reissuance or Removal of Restrictions of a License or Registration
- §291.121 concerning Remote Pharmacy Services
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Comments are due no later than April 25, 2022.
In the December 24, 2021, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.4 concerning Internship Requirements
- §291.29 concerning Professional Responsibility of Pharmacists
- §291.34 concerning Records
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Comments are due no later than January 24, 2022.
In the September 24, 2021, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.12 concerning Licenses for Military Service Members, Military Veterans, and Military Spouses
- §291.34 concerning Records
- §291.36 concerning Pharmacies Compounding Sterile Preparations (Class A-S)
- §291.77 concerning Pharmacies Compounding Sterile Preparations (Class C-S)
- §291.106 concerning Pharmacies Compounding Sterile Preparations (Class E-S)
- §291.131 concerning Pharmacies Compounding Non-Sterile Preparations
- §297.10 concerning Registration for Military Service Members, Military Veterans, and Military Spouses
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Comments are due no later than October 25, 2021.
In the June 25, 2021, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.4 concerning Internship Requirements
- §291.6 concerning Pharmacy License Fees
- §291.76 concerning Class C Pharmacies Located in a Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical Center
- §291.121 concerning Remote Pharmacy Services
- §291.151 concerning Pharmacies Located in a Freestanding Emergency Medical Care Facility (Class F)
- §295.5 concerning Pharmacist License or Renewal Fees
- §297.4 concerning Fees
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Comments are due no later than July 27, 2021.
In the April 2, 2021, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §291.11 concerning Operation of a Pharmacy
- §291.34 concerning Records
- §291.75 concerning Records
- §291.76 concerning Class C Pharmacies Located in a Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical Center
- §315.3 concerning Prescriptions
- §315.5 concerning Pharmacy Responsibility - Generally - Effective September 1, 2016
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Comments are due no later than May 2, 2021.
In the December 11, 2020, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §291.14 concerning Pharmacy License Renewal
- §295.13 concerning Drug Therapy Management by a Pharmacist under Written Protocol of a Physician
- §315.15 concerning Access Requirements
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Comments are due no later than January 26, 2021.
In the October 2, 2020, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.2 concerning Definitions
- §283.4 concerning Internship Requirements
- §283.5 concerning Pharmacist-Intern Duties
- §283.11 concerning Examination Retake Requirements
- §291.1 concerning Pharmacy License Application
- §291.3 concerning Required Notifications
- §291.31 concerning Definitions
- §291.32 concerning Personnel
- §291.33 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.34 concerning Records
- §291.52 concerning Definitions
- §291.53 concerning Personnel
- §291.55 concerning Records
- §291.74 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.101 concerning Purpose
- §291.102 concerning Definitions
- §291.121 concerning Remote Pharmacy Services
- §291.129 concerning Satellite Pharmacy
- §291.153 concerning Central Prescription Drug or Medication Order Processing Pharmacy (Class G)
- §309.2 concerning Definitions
- §309.3 concerning Substitution Requirements
- §315.3 concerning Prescriptions
Comments are due no later than October 31, 2020.
In the July 3, 2020, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §281.65 concerning Schedule of Administrative Penalties
- §291.9 concerning Prescription Pick Up Locations
- §291.121 concerning Remote Pharmacy Services
- §291.153 concerning Central Prescription Drug or Medication Order Processing Pharmacy (Class G)
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Comments are due no later than August 1, 2020.
In the April 3, 2020, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §281.35 concerning Temporary Suspension or Restriction
- §283.2 concerning Definitions
- §283.4 concerning Internship Requirements
- §283.5 concerning Pharmacist-Intern Duties
- §283.5 concerning Preceptor Requirements and Ratio of Preceptors to Pharmacist-Interns
- §291.19 concerning Administrative Actions as a Result of a Compliance Inspection
- §291.93 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.155 concerning Limited Prescription Delivery Pharmacy (Class H)
- §295.1 concerning Change of Address and/or Name
- §295.8 concerning Continuing Education Requirements
- §297.9 concerning Notifications
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Comments are due no later than May 4, 2020.
In the January 3, 2020, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §281.7 concerning Grounds for Discipline for a Pharmacist License
- §281.9 concerning Grounds for Discipline for a Pharmacy Technician or a Pharmacy Technician Trainee
- §281.66 concerning Application for Reissuance or Removal of Restrictions of a License or Registration
- §281.69 concerning Automatic Denial or Revocation
- §281.70 concerning Surety Bond
- §291.1 concerning Pharmacy License Application
- §291.3 concerning Required Notifications
- §291.4 concerning Sworn Disclosure Statement
- §291.14 concerning Pharmacy License Renewal
- §291.34 concerning Records
- §295.9 concerning Inactive License
- §295.13 concerning Drug Therapy Management by a Pharmacist under Written Protocol of a Physician
- §315.3 concerning Prescriptions
- §315.16 concerning Patient Access to Prescription Monitoring Program Prescription Record
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Comments are due no later than February 3, 2020.
In the September 27, 2019, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §283.12 concerning Licenses for Military Service Members, Military Veterans, and Military Spouses
- §291.121 concerning Remote Pharmacy Services
- §295.8 concerning Continuing Education Requirements
- §295.13 concerning Drug Therapy Management by a Pharmacist under Written Protocol of a Physician
- §297.8 concerning Continuing Education Requirements
- §297.10 concerning Prescriptions
- §309.5 concerning Communication with Prescriber
- §315.3 concerning Prescriptions
- §315.6 concerning Pharmacy Responsibility – Electronic Reporting
- §315.11 concerning Release of Prescription Data
- §315.15 concerning Access Requirements
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Comments are due no later than October 27, 2019.
In the July 5, 2019, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §295.5 concerning Pharmacist License or Renewal Fees
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Comments are due no later than August 4, 2019.
In the June 28, 2019, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §281.14 (new rule) concerning Vendor Protest Procedures
- §283.15 (new rule) concerning Negotiated Rulemaking
- §281.16 (new rule) concerning Alternative Dispute Resolution
- §281.19 concerning Vehicles
- §283.11 concerning Examination Retake Requirements
- §291.6 concerning Pharmacy License Fees
- §295.8 concerning Continuing Education Requirements
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Comments are due no later than July 31, 2019.
In the April 5, 2019, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §281.7 concerning Grounds for Discipline for a Pharmacist License
- §283.4 concerning Internship Requirements
- §283.6 concerning Preceptor Requirements and Ratio of Preceptors to Pharmacist-Interns
- §291.17 concerning Inventory Requirements
- §291.32 concerning Personnel
- §291.34 concerning Records
- §291.55 concerning Records
- §291.75 concerning Records
- §291.76 concerning Class C Pharmacies Located in a Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical Center
- §291.123 concerning Central Prescription Drug or Medication Order Processing
- §291.151 concerning Pharmacies Located in a Freestanding Emergency Medical Care Facility (Class F)
- §291.153 concerning Central Prescription Drug or Medication Order Processing Pharmacy (Class G)
- §295.1 concerning Change of Address and/or Name
- §295.5 concerning Pharmacist License or Renewal Fees
- §297.4 concerning Fees
- §315.2 concerning Official Prescription Form - Effective September 1, 2016
- §315.15 concerning Access Requirements
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Comments are due no later than May 5, 2019.
In the January 4, 2019, edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §281.68 concerning Remedial Plan
- §283.12 concerning Licenses for Military Service Members, Military Veterans, and Military Spouses
- §291.31 concerning Definitions
- §291.33 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.35 concerning Official Prescription Requirements
- §291.75 concerning Records
- §291.121 concerning Remote Pharmacy Services
- §291.131 concerning Pharmacies Compounding Non-Sterile Preparations
- §291.133 concerning Pharmacies Compounding Sterile Preparations
- §291.153 concerning Central Prescription Drug or Medication Order Processing Pharmacy (Class G)
- §315.12 concerning Schedule III through V Prescription Forms
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Comments are due no later than February 3, 2019.
In the October 5, 2018,edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §281.62 concerning Aggravating and Mitigating Factors
- §281.65 concerning Schedule of Administrative Penalties
- §291.17 concerning Inventory Requirements
- §291.28 concerning Access to Confidential Records
- §291.34 concerning Records
- §291.74 concerning Drug Regimen Review
- §291.104 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.129 concerning Satellite Pharmacy
- §315.6 concerning Pharmacy Responsibility-Electronic Reporting
- §315.15 (new rule) concerning Access Requirements
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Comments are due no later than November 3, 2018.
In the June 29, 2018,edition of the Texas Register, the Board proposed amendments to:
- §291.1 concerning Pharmacy License Application
- §291.3 concerning Required Notifications
- §291.19 concerning Administrative Actions as a Result of Compliance Inspection
- §291.29 concerning Professional Responsibility of Pharmacists
- §291.31 concerning Definitions
- §291.32 concerning Personnel
- §291.33 concerning Operational Standards
- §291.34 concerning Records
- §291.133 concerning Pharmacies Compounding Sterile Preparations
- §295.9 concerning Inactive License
- §295.11 concerning Notification to Consumers
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Comments are due no later than July 31, 2018.
