Section 1369.608 - Professional Standards and Scope of Practice Requirements A health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager may not as a condition of a contract with a pharmacist or pharmacy:
(1) require pharmacist or pharmacy accreditation standards or recertification requirements inconsistent with, more stringent than, or in addition to federal and state requirements; or(2) prohibit a licensed pharmacist or pharmacy from dispensing any drug that may be dispensed under the pharmacist's or pharmacy's license unless:(A) applicable state or federal law prohibits the pharmacist or pharmacy from dispensing the drug; or(B) the manufacturer of the drug requires that a pharmacist or pharmacy possess one or more accreditations or certifications to dispense the drug and the pharmacist or pharmacy does not meet the requirement.Tex. Ins. Code § 1369.608
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 768,Sec. 24.001, eff. 9/1/2023.Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 142,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2021.