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CHAPTER 943 S.B. No. 1356
1 . AN ACT
2 relating to the adoption of rules restricting the use of a medical
3 practitioner's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Section 2, Chapter 1266, Acts of the 76th
6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
7 Sec. 2. The director of the Department of Public Safety of
8 the State of Texas shall adopt the rules required by Section
9 481.003(b) [484-. ], Health and Safety Code, not earlier than the
10 180th day after, and [ar acendAd by thi: Act,] not later than the
11 first anniversary of, the date on which compliance with a rule
12 adopted by the United States Department of Health and Human
13 Services creating a universal provider numbering system is required
14 [January -, 2003]. A rule adopted by the director of the Department
15 of Public Safety under this Act takes effect on adoption [Janeey-i--
16 -200] .
17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
21 Act takes effect September i, 2003.
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