Tennessee § 53-11-312 - Educational materials for providers and facilities where medication assisted treatment is prescribed or provided.
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§ 53-11-312. Educational materials for providers and facilities where medication assisted treatment is prescribed or provided.
No later than January 1, 2021, the departments of health and mental health and substance abuse services, and the bureau of TennCare shall collaborate to develop educational materials for providers and facilities where medication assisted treatment including treatment involving controlled substances is prescribed or provided. The educational materials shall include the following: Access to and availability of family planning services and contraception; Risks and effects of neonatal abstinence syndrome; and Approaches to client-centered counseling. The departments of health and mental health and substance abuse services and the bureau of TennCare shall make the educational materials available to prescribers of medication assisted treatment and facilities that use medication assisted treatment for the treatment of substance use disorder. Acts 2020, ch. 747, § 1. Effective Dates. Acts 2020, ch. 747, § 2. June 22, 2020.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 53-11-312 ("Educational materials for providers and facilities where medication assisted treatment is prescribed or provided.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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