Laws and Regulations

By statute and rule, the DPS Precursor Chemical Laboratory Apparatus (PCLA) Program is responsible for regulating some precursor chemical laboratory apparatus.

Chemical precursor means:

Methylamine

Ethylamine

D-lysergic acid

Ergotamine tartrate

Diethyl malonate

Malonic acid

Ethyl malonate

Barbituric acid

Piperdine

N-acetylanthranilic acid

Pyrrolidine

Phenylacetic acid

Anthrancilic acid

Ephedrine

Pseudoephedrine

Norpseudoephendrine

Phenylpropanolamine

Hypophosphorous acid (by rule, TAC)

Red phosphorus (by rule, TAC)

Chemical laboratory apparatus means any item of equipment designed, made or adapted to manufacture a controlled substance or a controlled substance analogue, including:

a condenser

a distilling apparatus

a vacuum dryer

a three-neck or distilling flask

a tableting machine

an encapsulating machine

a filter, Buchner or separatory funnel

an Erlenmeyer, two-neck or single-neck flask

a round-bottom, Florence, thermometer or filtering flask

a Soxhlet extractor

a transformer

a flask heater

a heating mantel

an adapter tube

Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 481

Abusable Volatile Chemicals, Chapter 485 (PDF)

Over the Counter Sales of Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Norpseudoephedrine, Chapter 486 (PDF)

Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Title 37, Part I, Chapter 13, Subchapter B, Precursors and Apparatus

Inspections

Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 481, Subchapter F, Inspections, Evidence and Miscellaneous Law Enforcement Provisions