Section 481.0756 - Waivers From Electronic Prescribing(a) The appropriate regulatory agency that issued the license, certification, or registration to a prescriber is authorized to grant a prescriber a waiver from the electronic prescribing requirement under the provisions of this section.(b) The board shall convene an interagency workgroup that includes representatives of each regulatory agency that issues a license, certification, or registration to a prescriber.(c) The work group described by Subsection (b) shall establish recommendations and standards for circumstances in which a waiver from the electronic prescribing requirement is appropriate and a process under which a prescriber may request and receive a waiver.(d) The board shall adopt rules establishing the eligibility for a waiver, including: (2) technological limitations not reasonably within the control of the prescriber; or(3) other exceptional circumstances demonstrated by the prescriber.(e) Each regulatory agency that issues a license, certification, or registration to a prescriber shall adopt rules for the granting of waivers consistent with the board rules adopted under Subsection (d).(f) A waiver may be issued to a prescriber for a period of one year. A prescriber may reapply for a subsequent waiver not earlier than the 30th day before the date the waiver expires if the circumstances that necessitated the waiver continue.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.0756
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1105,Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/2019.