{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-486.0146","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 486.0146","heading":"PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.","body":"(a) The privacy protections provided an individual under 21 C.F.R. Section 1314.45 apply to information entered or stored in a real-time electronic logging system.\n(b) A business establishment that engages in over-the-counter sales of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine may disclose information entered or stored in a real-time electronic logging system only to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.\n(c) A business establishment that engages in over-the-counter sales of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine may not use information entered or stored in a real-time electronic logging system for any purpose other than for a disclosure authorized by Subsection (b) or to comply with the requirements of this chapter.\n(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a business establishment that engages in over-the-counter sales of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine or an employee or agent of the business establishment is not civilly liable for the release of information entered or stored in a real-time electronic logging system unless the release constitutes negligence, recklessness, or wilful misconduct.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (H.B. 1137), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.","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#486.0146","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e7fa325642a105c89ca004fc5b93f7d9314d029b2c8139bc22417533bfc92665","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-486.0145","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-486.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}