Title 63, Professions Of The Healing Arts

(a) The board shall investigate every supposed violation of this chapter coming within the scope of the authority of such board and report to the proper district attorney general all cases that, in the judgment of the board, warrant prosecution. (b) Every police officer, sheriff …

(a) The board has the power to:(1) Deny an application for a license to any applicant who applies for the same through reciprocity or otherwise;(2) Permanently or temporarily withhold issuance of a license;(3) Suspend or limit or restrict a previously issued license for such time…

(a) The board shall have, in regard to operators of X-ray equipment and/or machines in physician offices, the authority, by rules and regulations, to:(1) Establish and issue limited X-ray certifications to qualified individuals in the areas of densitometry, chest, extremities, sk…

Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to prohibit osteopathic medical service rendered by a physician assistant, registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse, a graduate physician, or a pharmacist pursuant to a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement, if such osteopa…

A physician licensed pursuant to this chapter under a special volunteer license who is a medical practitioner, as defined by § 63-1-201, engaged in practice at a free health clinic shall not be subject to license fees under this chapter. The board of osteopathic examination may i…

(a) Any handwritten prescription order for a drug prepared by an osteopathic physician who is authorized by law to prescribe a drug must be legible so that it is comprehensible by the pharmacist who fills the prescription. The handwritten prescription order must contain the name …

(a) For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Board” means the board of osteopathic examination;(2) “Level II office-based surgery” means Level II surgery as defined by the board of osteopathic medical examination in its rules and regulations th…

(a) The board shall not require an applicant for licensure pursuant to this title to disclose career fatigue, as defined in § 63-1-173, as a requirement for initial licensure. Physicians who experience career fatigue are encouraged to seek services from the Tennessee Medical Foun…

(a) Any osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to this chapter who has reason to believe that an employee or contractor of the physician or the physician's firm, partnership or corporation has used the physician's federal drug enforcement administration (DEA) registration number…

(a) (1) “Hormone replacement therapy clinic” or “hormone therapy clinic” means a medical office in which the clinicians are primarily engaged in hormone replacement or supplementation therapy or a medical office which holds itself out to the public as being primarily or substanti…

(a) A physician licensed in this chapter may only practice interventional pain management if the licensee is either:(1) Board certified through the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS)/American Association of Physician Speci…

(a) A physician who is duly qualified to practice medicine under the laws of another state is exempt from the licensure requirements of § 63-9-104, subject to this section, if either of the following applies:(1) The physician has a written or oral agreement with a sports team to …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Continuing medical education” means continued postgraduate medical education required by the board of osteopathic medical examination intended to provide medical professionals with knowledge of new developments or reinforcement of previously learn…

(a) The board of osteopathic examination may issue to an eligible physician or medical graduate from a foreign country or foreign territory a short-term visitor clinical training license for a period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days. (b) To be eligible for a short-term visi…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Third-Party Prescription Program Act.”

As used in this part, “program” and “third-party prescription program” mean any system of providing for the reimbursement of pharmaceutical services under a contractual arrangement or agreement between a provider of such services and another party who is not the consumer of those…

(1) Any agreement or contract entered into in this state between the program administrator of a third-party prescription program and a pharmacy shall include a statement of: (1) The method and amount of reimbursement to the pharmacy for services rendered to persons enrolled in su…

(a) The administrator of a program shall notify all pharmacies enrolled in such program of any cancellation of the coverage of benefits of any group enrolled in such program at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such cancellation. In those cases where the admin…

(a) No program administrator shall deny payment for services to any pharmacy that may have resulted from the fraudulent or illegal use of an identification card by any person, unless the pharmacy has been notified that the card has been cancelled or discontinued and that the prog…

No agreement between a program administrator and a pharmacy shall establish reimbursement rates or procedures that result in reimbursement rates for services rendered to persons covered by the plan that are less than the usual and customary rate charged by that vendor and paid by…

This part does not apply to any services rendered pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act of 1968, compiled in title 71, chapter 5, part 1.

(a) The commissioner of health, in cooperation with the board of pharmacy, shall determine the price level of prescriptions furnished under this part and those furnished otherwise. A determination shall also be made of the price level in other states having a program similar to t…

Parts 2-5 of this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Pharmacy Practice Act of 1996.”

The practice of pharmacy within the state is declared to be a professional practice affecting public health, safety and welfare and is subject to regulation and control in the public interest. It is further declared to be a matter of public interest and concern that the practice …

(a) The purpose of parts 2-5 of this chapter is to define and regulate the practice of pharmacy to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of Tennessee. (b) The persons engaged in the practice of pharmacy shall be pharmacists, duly recognized by the state as necessar…

(1) As used in parts 2-5 of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Administer” means the direct application of a drug to a patient or research subject by injection, inhalation, ingestion, topical application or by any other means;(2) “Board” means the Tennessee …

(a) The board shall, at the request of the commissioner of health, provide consultation to the department of health regarding drugs to be issued by the department or by a local health clinic. (b) The department of health shall develop policies and protocols for inventory controls…

(a) Any nonprescription drug or device can be sold in its original single package by any retail business unless such nonprescription drug or device is required by federal or state law to be dispensed or sold only by or under the supervision of a pharmacist. (b) Notwithstanding su…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a pharmacist may, in good faith, dispense to a patient without proper authorization the number of dosages of a prescription drug necessary to allow such patient to secure such authorization from such patient's prescriber, …

Any violation of parts 2-5 of this chapter, unless otherwise specified by law, shall be classified as a Class C misdemeanor.

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the distribution of drugs or sample drugs by a manufacturer's representatives acting in the normal and customary performance of their duties. (b) Manufacturers or their agents may distribute free samples of prescription drugs or controll…

A pharmacy that dispenses and mails a prescription into Tennessee from another state shall first pay the licensure fee required of a Tennessee pharmacy in accordance with the fees established by the board under the authority of [former] § 63-10-308 [now § 63-10-312]. The license …

It is not a violation of any state law relative to restraint of trade, antitrust or any provision of the licensing laws for pharmacists, pharmacies, wholesalers, distributors or manufacturers under § 63-10-306 for pharmacists, independently or through any pharmacist or pharmacy, …

(a) Notwithstanding any requirement of state law to the contrary, a pharmacist is immune from liability to any person for disclosing patient information to a person authorized by this title to prescribe drugs or devices or to communicate a prescription order where necessary to:(1…

(a) No pharmacist may dispense medication pursuant to a handwritten, typed or computer-generated prescription order for a drug issued by a prescriber in this state, unless the prescription order is comprehensible to the pharmacist. Nothing in this section shall be construed to pr…

(a) Each pharmacy participating in centralized prescription processing shall be licensed by the board of pharmacy. (b) The board shall promulgate rules relative to centralized prescription processing, including, but not limited to, the usage of common electronic files or a common…

(a) Pharmacists, pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians are authorized to comply with federal and state prescription requirements, including the requirement of a separate prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance found in §§ 63-1-160, 63-7-123(b)(3)(B), and 63-19-107…

(a) (1) Prior to initial licensure in this state as a compounding pharmacy, a pharmacy located outside of this state must have an inspection by the regulatory or licensing agency of the state in which the pharmacy practice site is physically located. Out-of-state pharmacy practic…

(a) A collaborative pharmacy practice agreement under this chapter shall be between one (1) or more pharmacists licensed in this state and an individual prescriber licensed in this state, or one (1) or more prescribers licensed in this state in an organized medical group, includi…

(a) Unless the prescriber has specified on the prescription that dispensing a prescription for a maintenance medication in an initial amount followed by periodic refills is medically necessary, a pharmacist may exercise professional judgment to dispense varying quantities of medi…

(a) As used in this section, “hormonal contraceptive” means a self-administered drug, or a transdermal patch applied to the skin of a patient, by the patient or by a practitioner, that releases a drug composed of a combination of hormones that are approved by the United States fo…

(a) (a) This chapter does not apply to a facility to the extent the facility engages in the distribution of dialysate or devices necessary to perform home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patients with end stage renal disease if:(1) The dialysate are comprised of dextrose or icodext…

Medication therapy management provided under this chapter as part of the practice of pharmacy shall meet the standards for medication therapy management established by rule by the board of pharmacy.

The bureau of TennCare is directed to report to the senate health and welfare committee and the health committee of the house of representatives regarding program costs and patient outcomes related to incorporating the pharmacist-provided medication therapy management pilot progr…

(a) (a) The general assembly finds that patient access to information about controlled substances is crucial to combating the deadly opioid epidemic in this state and that any obstacle to patients' receiving information about controlled substances is a serious threat to public he…

(a) A pharmacist, in good faith, may provide ivermectin to a patient who is eighteen (18) years of age or older pursuant to a valid collaborative pharmacy practice agreement containing a non-patient-specific prescriptive order and standardized procedures developed and executed by…