Source guide
The records behind the answers.
Keep the official record beside the care offer you are considering.
The Texas rules and medicine-status information here are dated September 26, 2026.
The storage, emergency-help, and medicine-problem reporting information was checked on September 17, 2026.
Open the source for the question at hand. Rules and offer terms can change after those dates.
If a rule is hard to read, ask the board to point to the part that fits your question.
The Texas licence records
Use the board that matches the role. Each search is public and free.
Look up a Texas doctor or physician assistant
Search by the person’s name. Look at the licence details and any board decisions about their practice, such as restrictions or steps to correct a problem.
Look up a Texas nurse or nurse practitioner
This page links to the nursing board’s licence search for nurses and nurse practitioners.
Look up a Texas pharmacy or pharmacist
Match the pharmacy name and location that will fill or prepare the medicine.
The Texas rule texts
Start with the chapter that matches the question you want to resolve.
Texas: rules for a first online visit
Explains how online care starts, your agreement to care after it is explained, and the care needed afterward.
Texas: rules for who may prescribe
This text explains prescribing agreements between a doctor and a nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
Texas: rules for out-of-state pharmacies
This law says when a pharmacy shipping medicine into Texas needs a Texas licence and when the pharmacy board may grant an exception.
Texas Medical Board: changes to its rules
Check for later changes before relying on a dated rule summary.
Medicine status and product claims
FDA is short for Food and Drug Administration, the federal agency for medicines. An advertising claim is not proof that FDA approved a medicine. Check FDA’s information about approval and product codes.
FDA: what an approval claim means
This helps separate product approval from registration and other official-sounding claims.
FDA: what a drug code means
A directory code does not establish approval of the product.
Compounding and the shortage rules
Use the full explanation, including the limits and exceptions, when discussing a compounded product.
FDA: how made-to-order medicine is treated
Explains medicines made to order (compounded), what the FDA and state pharmacy boards oversee, and why these drugs have no FDA approval.
FDA: when copies of weight medicines are allowed
This running record explains the end of shortages and the policy for products that count as copies.
Online visits and questions after care
Texas law sets the rules for Texas visits. The national medical-board group gives recommendations; its advice is not itself a Texas law.
State medical boards: guidance for prescribing
Explains why choosing a treatment from a list is not enough for care and why patients need a way to ask questions.
Texas: what follows an online visit
Read the duties for follow-up advice and reports to a regular doctor.
Cost and Medicare information
For each price, check whether you pay cash or use insurance, how much medicine it includes, and how long the offer lasts. The government price website lists offers; it does not supply medicine.
Government cash-price directory
Read the product page and offer terms, including any introductory limit or end date.
Medicare: help with the cost of some weight medicines
Check who qualifies and what they pay. A copay is the part of the medicine bill you pay; the advertised amount may not apply to you.
CMS: who can use the temporary program
Medicare is run by the federal agency CMS. This page gives the fuller eligibility rules.
Product cautions and urgent help
These pages explain product concerns and getting help. Bring personal medicine questions to the person treating you and the pharmacist.
FDA: what to know about unapproved weight medicines
Covers research-labelled products, measuring errors, storage, and false pharmacy details.
MedlinePlus: when an allergy needs urgent help
Explains severe signs and when emergency help is needed.
FDA MedWatch: tell the FDA about a medicine problem
Patients can report suspected problems through this FDA service.
Where a Texas complaint goes
Keep the care concern separate from a bill or refund concern. Save the label, care records, and payment messages you want the office to review.
Texas: a concern about a doctor or physician assistant
For concerns about a doctor or physician assistant. The board cannot take an anonymous complaint.
Texas: a concern about a nurse
For concerns about a nurse or nurse practitioner.
Texas: a concern about a pharmacy or pharmacist
For Texas-licensed pharmacies or pharmacists. This board does not handle price or billing disputes.
Texas: a concern about an ad, bill, or refund
For misleading ads, bill or refund problems, and scams. Under Texas law, other people can see your complaint. Leave out Social Security numbers and financial account numbers, such as bank or credit-card numbers.