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

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

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 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. 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. 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. 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. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2012, ch. 880, § 1 provided that the act, which amended subsection (c), shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2012.” Acts 2012, ch. 880, § 25, provided that this section shall be interpreted to be consistent with all state and federal laws addressing privacy of patient records. Acts 2013, ch. 430, § 1 provided that the act, which amended subsection (d), shall be known and may be cited as the “Addison Sharp Prescription Regulatory Act of 2013.” Acts 2013, ch. 430, § 11 provided that the department of health, the board of pharmacy or any board operating under title 63, is authorized to use emergency rules under § 4-5-208(a)(5) , in order to promulgate any rules required by the act. Acts 2016, ch. 1002, § 13, deleted the provisions of Acts 2012, ch. 880, § 29 that provided for the expiration of the amendments by Acts 2012, ch. 880, § 24. Therefore, those amendments remain in effect.