Tennessee Code Title 63. Professions of the Healing Arts § 63-1-182

(a) As used in this section:

(b) A physician or podiatrist may prescribe, dispense, or administer medication for, or otherwise treat, the physician's or podiatrist's own self or immediate family in short-term, minor, or acute, emergency situations.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a physician or podiatrist may prescribe, dispense, or administer a scheduled drug to the physician's or podiatrist's own self or immediate family only in acute, emergency situations.

(d) A physician or podiatrist may prescribe, dispense, or administer medication for, or otherwise treat, immediate family within the physician's or podiatrist's regular scope of practice if there is no other physician or podiatrist offering healthcare services at a location within thirty (30) miles of the physician's or podiatrist's primary practice site.

(e) If there is an established provider-patient relationship between a supervising or collaborating physician or podiatrist and a supervisee, which includes a chart for such physician or podiatrist, then the supervisee may prescribe, dispense, or administer medication for, or otherwise treat, a supervising or collaborating physician or podiatrist or such physician's or podiatrist's immediate family only in acute or emergency situations.

(f) A supervisee may prescribe, dispense, or administer scheduled drugs for a supervising or collaborating physician or podiatrist or the supervising or collaborating physician's or podiatrist's immediate family only in acute, emergency situations.

(g) A physician, podiatrist, or supervisee shall maintain records of all treatment provided pursuant to this section.