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2022 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances
Subtitle C - Substance Abuse Regulation and Crimes
Chapter 488 - Over-the-Counter Sales of Dextromethorphan
Section 488.003. Distribution to Minors Prohibited; Prerequisite to Sale
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TX Health & Safety Code § 488.003 (2022)
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Sec. 488.003. DISTRIBUTION TO MINORS PROHIBITED; PREREQUISITE TO SALE. (a) A business establishment may not dispense, distribute, or sell dextromethorphan to a customer under 18 years of age.
(b) Before dispensing, distributing, or selling dextromethorphan over the counter, a business establishment must require the customer obtaining the drug to display a driver's license or other form of identification containing the customer's photograph and indicating that the customer is 18 years of age or older, unless from the customer's outward appearance the person making the sale may reasonably presume the customer to be 27 years of age or older.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 46 (H.B. 1518), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
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