Section 158.001 - Provision of Drugs and Other Supplies(a) A physician licensed under this subtitle may supply a patient with any drug, remedy, or clinical supply necessary to meet the patient's immediate needs.(b) This section does not permit a physician to operate a retail pharmacy without complying with Chapter 558.(c) This chapter does not prohibit a physician from supplying to a patient, free of charge, a drug provided to the physician by a drug manufacturer for an indigent pharmaceutical program if, in the physician's opinion, it is advantageous to the patient, in adhering to a course of treatment prescribed by the physician, to receive the drug.Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 700, Sec. 1, eff. 6/13/2001. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.