Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 5 - STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS
Chapter 111 - STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND DANGEROUS DRUGS
Section 111.5 - Electronic Prescribing Waivers
Universal Citation: 22 TX Admin Code ยง 111.5
Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a) Effective January 1, 2021, the Board shall issue an electronic prescribing waiver to dentists who submit a waiver request form.
(b) The dentist must demonstrate circumstances necessitating a waiver from the electronic prescribing requirement, which include:
(1) economic
hardship. Economic hardship shall be determined on a case by case basis, taking
into account factors including:
(A) any
special situational factors affecting either the cost of compliance or the
ability to comply;
(B) the likely
impact of compliance on profitability or viability; and
(C) the availability of measures that would
mitigate the economic impact of compliance;
(2) technological limitations not reasonably
within the control of the dentist; or
(3) other exceptional circumstances
demonstrated by the dentist. Exceptional circumstances include, but are not
limited to, prescribing fewer than twenty-five prescriptions per
year.
(c) The dentist must attest to the circumstances necessitating a waiver as described in subsection (b) of this section.
(d) The waiver shall be issued for a period of one year. A dentist 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.
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