Texas § HS.431.412 - PEDIGREE REQUIRED
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§ HS.431.412. PEDIGREE REQUIRED
PEDIGREE REQUIRED. (a) A person who is engaged in the wholesale distribution of a prescription drug, including a repackager but excluding the original manufacturer, shall provide a pedigree for each prescription drug for human consumption that leaves or at any time has left the normal distribution channel and is sold, traded, or transferred to any other person. (b) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 980, Sec. 14. (b-1) A retail pharmacy or pharmacy warehouse is required to comply with this section only if the pharmacy or warehouse engages in the wholesale distribution of a prescription drug. (c) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 980, Sec. 14. (d) A person who is engaged in the wholesale distribution of a prescription drug, including a repackager, but excluding the original manufacturer of the finished form of a prescription drug, and who is in possession of a pedigree for a prescription drug must verify before distributing the prescription drug that each transaction listed on the pedigree has occurred. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 282 (H.B. 164 ), Sec. 3(g), eff. March 1, 2006. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 980 (S.B. 943 ), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 980 (S.B. 943 ), Sec. 14 eff. September 1, 2007.
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