{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-63-6-502","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-502","heading":"Conflict of interest - How addressed","body":"(a) Physicians are free to enter lawful contractual relationships, including the acquisition of ownership interests in health facilities, equipment or pharmaceuticals, but these can create potential conflicts of interest. (b) The potential conflict of interest shall be addressed by the following: (1) The physician has a duty to disclose to the patient or referring colleagues such physician's ownership interest in the facility or therapy at the time of referral and prior to utilization; (2) The physician shall not exploit the patient in any way, as by inappropriate or unnecessary utilization; (3) The physician's activities shall be in strict conformity with the law; (4) The patient shall have free choice either to use the physician's proprietary facility or therapy or to seek the needed medical services elsewhere; and (5) When a physician's commercial interest conflicts so greatly with the patient's interest as to be incompatible, the physician shall make alternative arrangements for the care of the patient. (c) The board shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate this section. Acts 1991, ch. 349, § 1.\n(a) Physicians are free to enter lawful contractual relationships, including the acquisition of ownership interests in health facilities, equipment or pharmaceuticals, but these can create potential conflicts of interest.\n(b) The potential conflict of interest shall be addressed by the following: (1) The physician has a duty to disclose to the patient or referring colleagues such physician's ownership interest in the facility or therapy at the time of referral and prior to utilization; (2) The physician shall not exploit the patient in any way, as by inappropriate or unnecessary utilization; (3) The physician's activities shall be in strict conformity with the law; (4) The patient shall have free choice either to use the physician's proprietary facility or therapy or to seek the needed medical services elsewhere; and (5) When a physician's commercial interest conflicts so greatly with the patient's interest as to be incompatible, the physician shall make alternative arrangements for the care of the patient.\n(1) The physician has a duty to disclose to the patient or referring colleagues such physician's ownership interest in the facility or therapy at the time of referral and prior to utilization;\n(2) The physician shall not exploit the patient in any way, as by inappropriate or unnecessary utilization;\n(3) The physician's activities shall be in strict conformity with the law;\n(4) The patient shall have free choice either to use the physician's proprietary facility or therapy or to seek the needed medical services elsewhere; and\n(5) When a physician's commercial interest conflicts so greatly with the patient's interest as to be incompatible, the physician shall make alternative arrangements for the care of the patient.\n(c) The board shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate this section.","path":["TN Code","Title 63","Chapter 6"],"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 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:51:56Z","sha256":"2f2e3ffe2e14bd1c741ac0d2231fe76277e84fb6c10c3a10652e1703f4883795","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-63-6-501","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-63-6-503","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-tn","title":"Tennessee Release 76 supplement","text":"Tennessee electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 76 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.tn.tca"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}