Tennessee State Profile

PMP Region: 
South
Name of Program: 
Controlled Substance Monitoring Database
Agency Name: 
Tennessee Department of Health; Tennessee Board of Pharmacy
Agency Type: 
Pharmacy Board
State Information
State Population: 
6,214,888
Number of Pharmacies in State: 
1,617
Number of Practitioners/Prescribers: 
30,000
Prescription Records collected in 2008: 
15,415,239
Frequency of data collected: 
Bi-Weekly
Data collected from pharmacies?: 
yes
Data collected from dispensing practitioners?: 
yes
Patient History Reports in 2008: 
639,072
Drug Schedules Monitored
Schedule II: 
yes
Schedule III: 
yes
Schedule IV: 
yes
Schedule V: 
yes
Who May Request Patient Information?
Prescribers: 
yes
Pharmacists: 
yes
Pharmacies: 
no
Law Enforcement: 
yes
Licensing Boards: 
yes
Patients: 
no
If other requester (specify): 
Law enforcement - with court order; Office of TennCare IG; Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; Tenessee Bureau of Investigation
De-identified data provided to researchers?: 
yes
Legislation
Year PMP Legislation Enacted: 
2003
Year PMP Became Operational: 
2007
Laws/statute Citation: 
TENN. CODE ANN. ยงยง 53-10-301 to -309
Regulation/rule Citations: 
Rules of the TN Board of Pharmacy Chapter 1140-11
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