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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 439.014: REGULATION BY HEALTH CARE FACILITY.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
- SUBTITLE A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS
- CHAPTER 439. MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN DRUGS
- SUBCHAPTER B. DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE
(a) A hospital or health care facility may not forbid or restrict the use of DMSO prescribed or administered by a licensed physician having staff privileges at that hospital or facility unless the hospital or facility:
(1) makes a formal finding that the DMSO as prescribed or administered by the physician is or will be harmful to the patient; or
(2) determines that the prescription or administration of DMSO creates an immediate danger to the public.
(b) A hospital or health care facility that forbids or restricts the use of DMSO under Subsection (a)(2) shall conduct a hearing on the restriction or prohibition as soon as practicable after its determination.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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