Tennessee HB 266: Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, removes the "within 10 days after January 1, 2015" factor from the requirement that each medical practitioner, unless the practitioner meets an exception, must ensure that the undispensed inventory of opioids and benzodiazepines purchased under the prescriber's drug enforcement administration number for dispensing is returned to a licensed third party reverse distributor or turned into local law enforcement. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 20; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 47; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Status: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. (as of 2023-01-21)

State: Tennessee · Session: 113 · Bill: HB 266

Subjects: Drugs, Prescription

Sponsors: Terry

SENATE BILL 691
By Reeves

HOUSE BILL 266
By Terry

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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 9; Title 20; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 47;
Title 49; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71,
relative to drugs.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-154(b), is amended by deleting
"Within ten (10) days after January 1, 2015, each medical practitioner" and substituting "Each
medical practitioner".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.

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