{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.402","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.402","heading":"LICENSE REQUIRED.","body":"(a) A person may not engage in wholesale distribution of prescription drugs in this state unless the person holds a wholesale drug distribution license under this subchapter for each place of business.\n(b) A license issued under this subchapter expires on the second anniversary of the date of issuance.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 282 (H.B. 164), Sec. 3(g), eff. March 1, 2006.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS","CHAPTER 431. TEXAS FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT","SUBCHAPTER N. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.431.htm#431.402","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"220ab19eb04555e90e76ca821325b9a7f4adf3a350549c2f47a7a1ab5457ee04","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.4012","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}