Submission of information – Data format

(a) All healthcare practitioners who prescribe or dispense controlled substances in practice providing direct care to patients in this state by prescribing or dispensing on more than fifteen (15) days in a calendar year total and are required to have a federal drug enforcement administration (DEA) registration pursuant to federal law shall be registered in the controlled substance database. Healthcare practitioners or their agents shall have up to thirty (30) calendar days after receiving a DEA number to register in the database; such privilege shall apply equally to both prescribers and dispensers. Licensed veterinarians who never prescribe or dispense controlled substances in an amount intended to treat a nonhuman patient for more than five (5) days shall not be required to register in the database. Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!4. See Tennessee Code 53-10-302Database: means the controlled substance database created by §. See Tennessee Code 53-10-302Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 53-10-302Dispense: means to physically deliver a controlled substance covered by this part to any person, institution, or entity with the intent that it be consumed away from the premises on which it is dispensed. See Tennessee Code 53-10-302Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105(b) (1) Each healthcare practitioner or healthcare practitioner’s agent shall, regarding each controlled substance dispensed, submit to the database all of the following information: (A) Prescriber identifier; (B) Dispensing date of controlled substance; (C) Patient identifier; (D) Controlled substance dispensed identifier; (E) Quantity of controlled substance dispensed; (F) Strength of controlled substance dispensed; (G) Estimated days’ supply; (H) Dispenser identifier; (I) Date the prescription was issued by the prescriber; (J) Whether the prescription was new or a refill; (K) Source of payment; (L) The ICD-10 code for any prescription that contains an ICD-10 code; provided, that this shall not be mandatory prior to January 1, 2019, for a dispenser who has not updated the dispenser’s software system to enable submission of ICD-10 codes; (M) A value signifying opioid treatment is occurring pursuant to a medical necessity under § 63-1-164 for any prescription containing the words “medical necessity.” The value will be determined by the committee and published through the committee’s website; and (N) Other relevant information as required by rule. (2) The information in the database, as required by subdivision (b)(1), shall be submitted by a procedure and in a format established by the committee, for each business day but no later than the close of business on the following business day; provided, that a veterinarian shall submit information at least once every fourteen (14) days and shall not be required to use a computerized system in order to submit required information pursuant to this section. (c) The commissioner, pursuant to § 53-10-311, shall have the authority to change the length of time in which healthcare practitioners are required to submit information to the database through the promulgation of rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. When the committee shortens the length of time in which healthcare practitioners are required to submit information to the database, the department shall provide notice to all healthcare practitioners who are registered in the database at least sixty (60) days prior to the date in which the rule goes into effect. If the committee, pursuant to § 53-10-311, shortens the length of time in which healthcare practitioners must submit information to the database, a healthcare practitioner may provide to the committee a written statement indicating why it creates a hardship for that healthcare practitioner to submit information within that time period, and the committee may grant an extension of up to seven (7) days within which that healthcare practitioner shall submit the information to the database. Such a hardship extension shall be valid for two (2) years and may be renewed by the committee upon request of the healthcare practitioner. (d) Any healthcare practitioner, except veterinarian healthcare practitioners, that uses a computerized system to record information concerning the dispensing of con