Board of Medical Examiners

Noteworthy

• Patient Certification Form As Required By 2020 Tennessee Public Acts Ch. 764 Relative To Abortion

DEA Publishes Final Rule on Multiple Prescriptions for Schedule II Controlled Substances

A Drug Enforcement Administration rule titled Issuance of Multiple Prescriptions for Schedule II Controlled Substances, will be effective Dec. 19, 2007. The rule amends the DEAs regulations to allow practitioners to provide individual patients with multiple prescriptions for a specific Schedule II controlled substance, written on the same date, to be filled sequentially. The combined effect of such sequential multiple prescriptions is that it allows a patient to receive over time up to a 90-day supply of that controlled substance. The Controlled Substances Act does not permit the refilling of Schedule II controlled substances, requiring that a new prescription be issued for each quantity of the substance.  To view the rule, visit http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/rules/2007/fr1119.htm (11-30-2007)

• Information for Physicians Who Sign (Certify) Death Certificates (11-21-2005)
• Reminder to Physicians Regarding Additional Grounds for Disciplinary Action - Client Billing (10-26-2005)
• Tennessee Technology Access Project (09-14-2005)