2010 Tennessee Code
Title 39 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety and Welfare
Part 4 - Drugs
39-17-413 - Criteria for Schedule V.

39-17-413. Criteria for Schedule V.

The commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, upon the agreement of the commissioner of health, shall place a substance in Schedule V upon finding that:

     (1)  The substance has low potential for abuse relative to the controlled substances listed in Schedule IV;

     (2)  The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and

     (3)  The substance has limited physical dependence or psychological dependence liability relative to the controlled substances listed in Schedule IV.

[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]  

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