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Tennessee Providers Now Required to Check Controlled Substance Monitoring Database

By: Erin B. Williams

While most portions of the Tennessee Prescription Safety Act (the "Act") were effective January 1, 20131, the most onerous change for healthcare practitioners just recently became effective. Starting April 1, 2013, Tennessee practitioners are required to check the Controlled Substance Monitoring Database ("CSMD") prior to prescribing opioids, benzodiazepines, and any other designated Schedule II – V drug2 as a new course of treatment lasting more than 7 days, and then at least annually during an episode of treatment unless it falls under a specific exception.

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Knoxville Lawyers To Provide Free Wills For Emergency First Responders

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Jamie Ballinger-Holden Elected President Elect of the East Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women

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Mark Castleberry Named Super Lawyers Mid-South Rising Star

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Heidi Barcus Assumes Presidency of the Knoxville Bar Association

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Jamie Ballinger-Holden Presenting Tennessee Bar Association CLE on “Medical Malpractice: Pre-Suit Notice Requirements and Forms”

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Brian Z. Schott and J. David Watkins Admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

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Jamie Ballinger-Holden Selected to Lead Tennessee Bar Association Torts & Insurance Law Section’s Sub-Committee on Medical Malpractice

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Heidi Barcus Selected for Life Membership in the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference

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Heidi A. Barcus Invited to Attend Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation and Erickson School Surplus Safety Symposium as ABA Liaison

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