TX- Question about controlled meds prescribing?

[paramedic-RN]

Hi,

I'm a newly graduated NP in Texas, and I attended a conference put on by TNP back in May/June and in the conference it stated that if you would be prescribing controlled medications that you would have to be registered with the 'Texas board of pharmacy'. So I registered for their "PMP aware" program, is that the only thing we register for with them? Or is there another thing within the board of pharmacy that we register for?

[LadyT618, MSN, APRN, NP]

You also need to get prescriptive authority delegation from a physician (as well as a collaborative agreement...often combined into one document). You also should be registered on the Texas Medical Board's website under said physician PRIOR to obtaining your DEA registration.