Tennessee § 63-1-309 Restrictions on ownership - Documentation of controlled substances dispensed or prescribed - Required medical director hours

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§ 63-1-309 — Restrictions on ownership - Documentation of controlled substances dispensed or prescribed - Required medical director hours

Tennessee § 63-1-309

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-1-309 (2026).

Text

(a)A pain management clinic may not be owned wholly or partly by a person who has been convicted of, pled nolo contendere to, or received deferred adjudication for:

(1)An offense that constitutes a felony; or (2) An offense that constitutes a misdemeanor, the facts of which relate to the distribution of illegal prescription drugs or a controlled substance or controlled substance analogue as defined in § 39-17-402 .

(b)If any practitioner providing services at a pain management clinic prescribes controlled substances for the treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain, the practitioner must document in the patient's record the reason for prescribing that quantity.

(c)A medical director shall be onsite at least twenty percent (20%) of the clinic's weekly total number of operating hours. A med

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(a) A pain management clinic may not be owned wholly or partly by a person who has been convicted of, pled nolo contendere to, or received deferred adjudication for: (1) An offense that constitutes a felony; or (2) An offense that constitutes a misdemeanor, the facts of which relate to the distribution of illegal prescription drugs or a controlled substance or controlled substance analogue as defined in § 39-17-402 . (b) If any practitioner providing services at a pain management clinic prescribes controlled substances for the treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain, the practitioner must document in the patient's record the reason for prescribing that quantity. (c) A medical director shall be onsite at least twenty percent (20%) of the clinic's weekly total number of operating hours. A medical director shall serve as medical director and provide services for no more than four (4) pain management clinics.

Legislative History

Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1033,s 13, eff. 7/1/2017. Acts 2011, ch. 340, § 1; 2012, ch. 848, § 65; 2012, ch. 869, § 5; 2012, ch. 880, § 24; 2013, ch. 336, §§ 3, 4; 2013, ch. 430, § 9.