Bill Text: TX SB1947 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances by veterinarians.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1947 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1947-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1947 | ||
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| relating to the regulation of the prescribing and dispensing of | ||
| controlled substances by veterinarians. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 481.0766, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The board shall make the information reported under | ||
| Subsection (a) available to the State Board of Veterinary Medical | ||
| Examiners for the purpose of routine inspections and | ||
| investigations. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 801.307, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) The board shall require a veterinarian to complete two | ||
| hours of continuing education related to opioid abuse and | ||
| controlled substance diversion, inventory, and security every two | ||
| years to renew a license to practice veterinary medicine. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 801.307(a-1), Occupations Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to the renewal of a license to practice | ||
| veterinary medicine on or after September 1, 2020. The renewal of a | ||
| license before that date is governed by the law in effect | ||
| immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1947 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1947 passed the House on | ||
| May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 8, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
