2016 Tennessee Code
Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts
Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery
Part 2 - General Provisions
§ 63-6-239. Prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances.
Any written, printed or computer-generated order for a Schedule II controlled substance prepared by a physician or surgeon who is authorized by law to prescribe a drug must be legibly printed or typed as a separate prescription order. The written, printed or computer-generated order must contain all information otherwise required by law. The prescribing physician or surgeon must sign the written, printed or computer-generated order on the day it is issued. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a physician or surgeon from issuing a verbal prescription order.
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