Tennessee Code Title 63. Professions of the Healing Arts § 63-1-309

(a) A pain management clinic may not be owned wholly or partly by a person who has been convicted of, pled nolo contendere to, or received deferred adjudication for:

(b) If any practitioner providing services at a pain management clinic prescribes controlled substances for the treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain, the practitioner must document in the patient's record the reason for prescribing that quantity.

(c) A medical director shall be onsite at least twenty percent (20%) of the clinic's weekly total number of operating hours. A medical director shall serve as medical director and provide services for no more than four (4) pain management clinics.