TX HB3878

Authorizes physicians to maintain a supply of dangerous drugs in their office and dispense them directly to patients during treatment, with reimbursement for costs (excluding a separate dispensing fee), without obtaining a pharmacy license

Allows physicians to delegate the administration, provision, and dispensing of dangerous drugs to qualified, properly trained persons acting under the physician's supervision

Requires physicians dispensing dangerous drugs to comply with labeling, packaging, recordkeeping, storage, patient counseling, and verification requirements applicable to pharmacies under Subtitle J of the Occupations Code

Mandates that physicians wishing to dispense dangerous drugs notify both the Texas State Board of Pharmacy and the Texas Medical Board using a jointly adopted notification form

Limits existing rural area dispensing provisions (Section 158.003) to apply only to physicians providing care under workers' compensation insurance coverage