Texas Administrative Code
Texas Statutes
- Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 481
- Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 485 - Abusable Volatile Chemicals
- Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 486 - Over-the-Counter Sales of Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Norpseudoephedrine
Inspections
By statute and rule, the DPS Precursor Chemical Laboratory Apparatus (PCLA) Program is responsible for regulating some precursor chemical laboratory apparatus.
Chemical Precursor
Means:
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Anthrancilic acid |
Methylamine |
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Barbituric acid |
N-acetylanthranilic acid |
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D-lysergic acid |
Norpseudoephendrine |
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Diethyl malonate |
Phenylacetic acid |
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Ephedrine |
Phenylpropanolamine |
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Ergotamine tartrate |
Piperdine |
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Ethyl malonate |
Pseudoephedrine |
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Hypophosphorous acid (by rule, TAC) |
Pyrrolidine |
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Malonic acid |
Red phosphorus (by rule, TAC) |
Chemical Laboratory Apparatus
Is defined as any item of equipment designed, made or adapted to manufacture a controlled substance or a controlled substance analogue, including:
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an adapter tube |
a heating mantel |
| a condenser |
a round-bottom, Florence, thermometer or filtering flask |
| a distilling apparatus |
a Soxhlet extractor |
| an encapsulating machine |
a tableting machine |
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an Erlenmeyer, two-neck or single-neck flask |
a three-neck or distilling flask |
| a filter, Buchner or separatory funnel |
a transformer |
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a flask heater |
a vacuum dryer |