Tennessee Code Title 63. Professions of the Healing Arts § 63-1-170

(a) Notwithstanding any law, if the licensing authority of a healthcare prescriber learns that the healthcare prescriber is the subject of an indictment for a federal or state criminal offense that involves a controlled substance violation or sexual offense, then the chair of the licensing authority or administrative staff of the licensing authority designated by the chair shall automatically and immediately restrict the license of the healthcare prescriber by removing the prescriber's authorization to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances in this state until the case against the healthcare prescriber reaches final disposition. The chair of the licensing authority or administrative staff of the licensing authority designated by the chair shall immediately send written notice of the license restriction to the healthcare prescriber. Upon receipt of sufficient proof, the chair of the licensing authority or administrative staff of the licensing authority designated by the chair shall remove the license restriction if:

(b) Notwithstanding any law, if the licensing authority of a healthcare prescriber learns that the healthcare prescriber is convicted of a federal or state criminal offense that involves a controlled substance violation or sexual offense, then the chair of the licensing authority or administrative staff of the licensing authority designated by the chair shall automatically and immediately, without further action by the licensing authority, revoke the license of the healthcare prescriber. The chair of the licensing authority or administrative staff of the licensing authority designated by the chair shall immediately send written notice of the license revocation to the healthcare prescriber. If the conviction on which the revocation is based is subsequently overturned or reversed, then the chair of the licensing authority or administrative staff of the licensing authority designated by the chair shall: