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Texas veterinary board clarifies rule allowing compounded controlled substances for clinic use
Summary
At its April meeting the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners told licensees there is no rule banning compounded controlled substances for office stock, but stressed that any medication dispensed for a specific patient to take home must be prescribed and documented as a separate prescription.
The Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners on April 15 clarified that its existing rule (cited at the meeting as rule 573.44) does not prohibit veterinarians from obtaining compounded controlled-substance products for multiuse office stock, but that medications dispensed for a specific patient to go home must be issued as a separate prescription following dispensing rules.
Board General Counsel Kelly Phelps told members and the public, “in our current rule, there is nothing that prohibits such a thing,” referring to compounded controlled substances ordered for…
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