Section 481.07636 - Opioid Prescription Limits(a) In this section, "acute pain" means the normal, predicted, physiological response to a stimulus such as trauma, disease, and operative procedures. Acute pain is time limited. The term does not include:(2) pain being treated as part of cancer care;(3) pain being treated as part of hospice or other end-of-life care; or(4) pain being treated as part of palliative care.(b) For the treatment of acute pain, a practitioner may not: (1) issue a prescription for an opioid in an amount that exceeds a 10-day supply; or(2) provide for a refill of an opioid.(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a prescription for an opioid approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of substance addiction that is issued by a practitioner for the treatment of substance addiction.(d) A dispenser is not subject to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties for dispensing or refusing to dispense a controlled substance under a prescription that exceeds the limits provided by Subsection (b).Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.07636
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1105,Sec. 9, eff. 9/1/2019.