SECTION 354.1811. Sanctions

(a) The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) reserves the right to impose administrative sanctions on a pharmacy provider who conducts pharmaceutical practices in violation of the ethics adopted by the profession, any applicable federal or state laws, or the criteria of HHSC's Vendor Drug Program. Sanctions include, but are not limited to, termination or suspension from participation, suspension of payments, and recoupment of overpayments.

(b) On receipt of a written request, HHSC provides an appeal to a pharmacy provider on whom HHSC sanctions have been placed for a violation described in subsection (a) of this section.

Source Note: The provisions of this §354.1811 adopted to be effective November 1, 1987, 12 TexReg 3553; transferred effective September 1, 1993, as published in the Texas Register September 7, 1993, 18 TexReg 5978; transferred effective September 1, 2001, as published in the Texas Register May 24, 2002, 27 TexReg 4562; amended to be effective June 19, 2003, 28 TexReg 4541; amended to be effective December 31, 2012, 37 TexReg 9905