{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-466.022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 466.022","heading":"LIMITATION ON PRESCRIPTION, ORDER, OR ADMINISTRATION OF NARCOTIC DRUG.","body":"A physician may not prescribe, order, or administer a narcotic drug for the purpose of treating drug dependency unless the physician prescribes, orders, or administers an approved narcotic drug for the maintenance or detoxification of persons with a drug dependency as part of a program permitted by the department.\nAmended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 193, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 1.15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1213, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE B. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 466. REGULATION OF NARCOTIC DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS","SUBCHAPTER B. PERMIT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.466.htm#466.022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"d834853c1267622b7c5b700f83847fa79f936f97c224094d2fa39ff3beab0998","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-466.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-466.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}