Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes nonphysician healthcare providers who are otherwise permitted to prescribe Schedule II or III drugs to also prescribe a buprenorphine product for the treatment of opioid use disorder if certain requirements met. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
It became law on Jul 2, 2020.
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- Became law
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- Senate
- Latest action
- Jul 2, 2020
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- Hill M
- Steven Dickerson
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It is law in Tennessee. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.