Exempt categories where the 2019 Amendments to the 2018 TN Together Opioid Law does not apply:
active cancer treatment
palliative care treatment
hospice care treatment
sickle cell disease
inpatients in the hospital
prescriptions issued by pain management specialists or under the collaborative direction of a pain management specialist after that specialist or their APRN or PA have seen the patient
patients who have been treated with daily opioids already for 90 days or more in the past 365 days
methadone, or other products approved for treatment of opioid use disorder
treatment with an opioid antagonist
severe burn
major physical trauma
References:
- 2018 TN Together Opioid Prescribing Law
- TN Chronic Pain Guidelines and the CDC Guidelines