{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.415","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.415","heading":"ORDER TO CEASE DISTRIBUTION.","body":"(a) The department shall issue an order requiring a person, including a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer of a prescription drug, to immediately cease distribution of the drug if the department determines there is a reasonable probability that:\n(1) a wholesale distributor has:\n(A) violated this subchapter;\n(B) falsified a pedigree; or\n(C) sold, distributed, transferred, manufactured, repackaged, handled, or held a counterfeit prescription drug intended for human use that could cause serious adverse health consequences or death; and\n(2) other procedures would result in unreasonable delay.\n(b) An order under Subsection (a) must provide the person subject to the order with an opportunity for an informal hearing on the actions required by the order to be held not later than the 10th day after the date of issuance of the order.\n(c) If, after providing an opportunity for a hearing, the department determines that inadequate grounds exist to support the actions required by the order, the commissioner shall vacate the order.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 282 (H.B. 164), Sec. 3(g), eff. March 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1012, eff. April 2, 2015.","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#431.415","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"3b0949714c19d90acf412de1148d18459de31d2de4522ce4e244dfed64348582","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.414","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-432.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}