Sec. 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:
(1)  economic hardship;
(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.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 2174), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.