Tennessee Drug Control Act

The Drug Control Act governs the manufacture, distribution, prescribing, and dispensing of drugs and controlled substances, sorting regulated substances into schedules that carry different levels of control. It defines who may prescribe, administer, compound, and dispense — practitioners, veterinarians, pharmacists, manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers — and imposes duties on each, including inventory and dispensing records subject to inspection but otherwise confidential, requirements for the form, transmission, labeling, and refilling of prescriptions, identification checks, and mandatory reporting of certain dispensing activity backed by penalties. It also permits substitution of therapeutically equivalent drug products and interchangeable biosimilars, limits the return or re-dispensing of drugs already released, and provides for the disposal of unused and surplus stocks.

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