{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-562.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 562.010","heading":"RESPONSIBILITY CONCERNING GENERICALLY EQUIVALENT DRUG OR INTERCHANGEABLE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; LIABILITY.","body":"(a) A pharmacist who selects a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product to be dispensed under this subchapter assumes the same responsibility for selecting the generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product as the pharmacist does in filling a prescription for a drug prescribed by generic or biological product name.\n(b) The prescribing practitioner is not liable for a pharmacist's act or omission in selecting, preparing, or dispensing a drug or biological product under this subchapter.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1007 (H.B. 751), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE J. PHARMACY AND PHARMACISTS","CHAPTER 562. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER","SUBCHAPTER A. PRESCRIPTION AND SUBSTITUTION REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.562.htm#562.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"2c72225f4cfacc44fb539d39b47818fab0133828a802df6f297bf5f98a08a0d7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-562.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-562.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}