§ 63-10-222. Medication Therapy Management Pilot Program — Reporting of Costs and Patient Outcomes
The bureau of TennCare is directed to report to the senate health and welfare committee and the committee of the house of representatives having oversight over TennCare regarding program costs and patient outcomes related to incorporating the pharmacist-provided medication therapy management pilot program on or before April 15 of each year the pilot program is […]
§ 63-10-223. Agreement Limiting Ability of Pharmacist to Discuss Issue Related to Dispensing of Controlled Substance With Patient Void and Unenforceable
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 health. Any agreement purporting to limit the ability of a pharmacist to discuss any issue […]
§ 63-10-301. Creation — Composition — Duties and Powers — List of Opioid Drugs Incorporating Tamper or Abuse Resistant Properties
There shall exist and be maintained within this state a board of pharmacy. The board shall consist of seven (7) members, one (1) of whom shall be a consumer, who shall enforce parts 2-5 of this chapter and all laws that pertain to the practice of pharmacy and shall cooperate with other state and federal […]
§ 63-10-215. Transfer of Prescriptions to Another Prescription Form
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(2)(E)(ii), by transferring from a prescription containing a Schedule Il controlled substance any drug that is a nonscheduled prescription drug […]
§ 63-10-205. Consultation on Drugs by Board to Department of Health
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. The department of health shall develop policies and protocols for inventory controls, accountability, repackaging, security, storage and issuance of drugs by state and […]
§ 63-10-206. Sale of Nonprescription Drugs and Devices
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. Notwithstanding subsection (a) to the contrary, any insulin preparation shall be […]
§ 63-10-207. Dispensing of Medication Prior to Authorization
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, not to exceed a seventy-two-hour supply, if: The patient offers satisfactory evidence to […]
§ 63-10-208. Penalty for Violation
Any violation of parts 2-5 of this chapter, unless otherwise specified by law, shall be classified as a Class C misdemeanor.
§ 63-10-209. Distribution of Drugs or Drug Samples by Manufacturer’s Representative — Distribution of Free Samples
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. Manufacturers or their agents may distribute free samples of prescription drugs or controlled substances to practitioners authorized by law to prescribe or dispense such drugs or to pharmacies […]
§ 63-10-210. Registration Fees for Out-of-State Pharmacies Mailing Into Tennessee
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 § 63-10-308. The license fees for out-of-state pharmacies and pharmacists shall not exceed those charged to Tennessee pharmacies […]