{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-63-1-309","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-1-309","heading":"Restrictions on ownership - Documentation of controlled substances dispensed or prescribed - Required medical director hours","body":"(a) 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: (1) An offense that constitutes a felony; or (2) 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 . (b) 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. (c) 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. Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1033,s 13, eff. 7/1/2017. 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.\n(a) 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: (1) An offense that constitutes a felony; or (2) 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 .\n(1) An offense that constitutes a felony; or\n(2) 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 .\n(b) 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.\n(c) 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.","path":["TN Code","Title 63","Chapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"fc32c119f7da76385666e2863c54dfd4527a9c265d1ef85589aa7ee5c05da88c","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-63-1-308","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-63-1-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}