§ 53-10-312 — Minimum reporting requirements for wholesalers and manufacturers - Establishment of rules as to reporting requirements

(a) Wholesalers and manufacturers, as defined in § 63-10-204 , that sell controlled substances at wholesale must at least report the following information to the committee in Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System (ARCOS) format or other mutually acceptable format: (1) Wholesaler or manufacturer with a drug enforcement administration registration number; provided, that if this number is not applicable, then another mutually acceptable identifier; (2) Purchaser's drug enforcement administration registration number; provided, that if this number is not applicable, then another mutually acceptable identifier; (3) National drug code number of the actual drug sold; (4) Quantity of the drug sold; (5) Date of sale; and (6) Transaction identifier or invoice number. (b) The board may establish such rules as are necessary to specify which medications shall be reported, the time frames for such reporting, and other reporting requirements as required. (c) A wholesaler shall design and operate a system to disclose to the wholesaler suspicious orders of controlled substances. A wholesaler shall inform the board of pharmacy and the boards whose licensees have prescribing authority of suspicious orders when discovered. Suspicious orders include orders of unusual size, orders deviating substantially from a normal pattern, and orders of unusual frequency. (d) In the event of the discovery of the theft or significant loss of controlled substances, a wholesaler shall report such theft or significant loss to the committee and local law enforcement within one (1) business day of discovery of the theft or loss.

Legislative History

Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1002, s 12, eff. 4/27/2016. Acts 2013 , ch. 430, § 6; 2014, ch. 983, § 2.