Tennessee Code Title 53. Food, Drugs and Cosmetics § 53-11-408

(a) The Tennessee bureau of investigation shall cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging its responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and controlled substance analogues and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances and controlled substance analogues. To this end, it may:

(b) Results, information and evidence received from the United States drug enforcement administration relating to the regulatory functions of part 3 of this chapter and this part, or title 39, chapter 17, part 4, including results of inspections conducted by it, may be relied and acted upon by the Tennessee bureau of investigation in the exercise of its regulatory functions under part 3 of this chapter and this part, or title 39, chapter 17, part 4.

(c) A practitioner engaged in medical practice or research is not required or compelled to furnish the name or identity of a patient or research subject to the Tennessee bureau of investigation, nor may the practitioner be compelled in any state or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative or other proceedings to furnish the name or identity of an individual that the practitioner is obligated to keep confidential, except the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services may require the disclosure of information to the department of mental health and substance abuse services concerning individuals being treated with controlled substances that is necessary to ensure compliance by a practitioner and the practitioner's patient or research subject with state or federal laws and regulations governing the use of controlled substances.