39-17-411 - Criteria for Schedule IV. - Tennessee Statutes

39-17-411. Criteria for Schedule IV.

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

     (1)  The substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III;

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

     (3)  Abuse of the substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III.

[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]