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Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-1-309

Restrictions on ownership — Documentation of controlled substances dispensed or prescribed — Required medical director hours

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; 2016, ch. 1002, § 13; 2016, ch. 1033, § 13.

(1) 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: 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.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.