Amends TCA Title 33; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
This bill prohibits a licensing board or disciplinary subcommittee from acting against a physician's license based solely on the physician's recommendations to a patient regarding treatment for COVID-19, so long as the physician exercised independent medical judgment and believes that the medical treatment is in the best interest of the patient.<br /> <br /> This bill also prohibits pharmacies from blocking or attempting to block a patient's access to a drug, biological product, or device solely prescribed as a treatment for COVID-19 on the basis that the United States FDA has not approved the drug, biological product, or device to treat COVID-19.<br />
This bill prohibits a licensing board or disciplinary subcommittee from acting against a physician's license based solely on the physician's recommendations to a patient regarding treatment for COVID-19, so long as the physician exercised independent medical judgment and believes that the medical treatment is in the best interest of the patient.<br /> <br /> This bill also prohibits pharmacies from blocking or attempting to block a patient's access to a drug, biological product, or device solely prescribed as a treatment for COVID-19 on the basis that the United States FDA has not approved the drug, biological product, or device to treat COVID-19.<br />
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