{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-483.048","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 483.048","heading":"UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATION OF PRESCRIPTION.","body":"(a) An agent of a practitioner commits an offense if the agent communicates by telephone a prescription unless the agent is designated in writing under Section 483.022 as authorized by the practitioner to communicate prescriptions by telephone.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this chapter, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES","CHAPTER 483. DANGEROUS DRUGS","SUBCHAPTER C. CRIMINAL PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.483.htm#483.048","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"08a0784f108016c08d30dde340a02e65ff17add9d1c88e3b1590987e13a287cc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-483.047","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-483.049"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}