53-11-308 - Prescription requirements. - Tennessee Statutes

53-11-308. Prescription requirements.

(a)  Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner other than a pharmacy to an ultimate user, no controlled substance in Schedule II may be dispensed without the written prescription of a practitioner.

(b)  In emergency situations, Schedule II drugs may be dispensed upon oral prescription of a practitioner, reduced promptly to writing and filed by the pharmacy. Prescriptions shall be retained in conformity with the requirements of § 53-11-305. No prescription for a Schedule II substance may be refilled.

(c)  Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner other than a pharmacy to an ultimate user, a controlled substance included in Schedule III or IV that is a prescription drug shall not be dispensed without a written or oral prescription of a practitioner. The prescription shall not be filled or refilled more than six (6) months after the date of the written or oral prescription or be refilled more than five (5) times, unless renewed by the practitioner.

(d)  A controlled substance included in Schedule V shall not be distributed or dispensed other than for a medical purpose.

[Acts 1971, ch. 163, § 24; T.C.A., § 52-1431.]