{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-486.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 486.013","heading":"RESTRICTION OF ACCESS TO EPHEDRINE, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, AND NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE.","body":"A business establishment that engages in over-the-counter sales of products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine shall:\n(1) if the establishment operates a pharmacy licensed by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, maintain those products:\n(A) behind the pharmacy counter; or\n(B) in a locked case within 30 feet and in a direct line of sight from a pharmacy counter staffed by an employee of the establishment; or\n(2) if the establishment does not operate a pharmacy licensed by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, maintain those products:\n(A) behind a sales counter; or\n(B) in a locked case within 30 feet and in a direct line of sight from a sales counter continuously staffed by an employee of the establishment.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 282 (H.B. 164), Sec. 9, eff. August 1, 2005.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES","CHAPTER 486. OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES OF EPHEDRINE, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, AND NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE","SUBCHAPTER B. OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.486.htm#486.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"faa781ee3956730500387cc7211a2adeb7c19ae06408a3e026853b7ba94450d2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-486.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-486.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}