Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

y OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENFRAL . STATE OF TEXAS JOHN C~RNYN September 20,200l Charles E. Bell, M.D. Opinion No. JC-0412 Executive Deputy Commissioner Texas Department of Health Re: Whether, in accordance with section 439.022 1100 West 49th Street of the Health and Safety Code, the Texas Board of Austin, Texas 78756-3 199 Health must adopt rules providing for a nursing home to recycle certain prescription drugs that are scheduled to be destroyed (RQ-0371 -JC) Dear Dr. Bell: Under section 439.021 of the Health and Safety Code, a nursing home’s “consulting pharmacist . . . may select, from a…