Sec. 481.07636.  OPIOID PRESCRIPTION LIMITS.  (a)  In this section, "acute pain" means the normal, predicted, physiological response to a stimulus such as trauma, disease, and operative procedures.  Acute pain is time limited.  The term does not include:
(1)  chronic pain;
(2)  pain being treated as part of cancer care;
(3)  pain being treated as part of hospice or other end-of-life care; or
(4)  pain being treated as part of palliative care.
(b)  For the treatment of acute pain, a practitioner may not:
(1)  issue a prescription for an opioid in an amount that exceeds a 10-day supply; or
(2)  provide for a refill of an opioid.
(c)  Subsection (b) does not apply to a prescription for an opioid approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of substance addiction that is issued by a practitioner for the treatment of substance addiction.
(d)  A dispenser is not subject to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties for dispensing or refusing to dispense a controlled substance under a prescription that exceeds the limits provided by Subsection (b).
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 2174), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2019.