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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 483.048

UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATION OF PRESCRIPTION

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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 483.048, UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATION OF PRESCRIPTION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/673952
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(a) An agent of a practitioner commits an offense if the agent communicates by telephone a prescription unless the agent is designated in writing under Section 483.022 as authorized by the practitioner to communicate prescriptions by telephone. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this chapter, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.