Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 53-10-101 (2026)
"Legend Drugs" defined
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) For the purpose of this part, "legend drugs" means any item that federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription from a licensed doctor, dentist, optometrist or veterinarian.
- (b) This definition of legend drugs shall not be construed to include blood and blood fractions.
Acts 1939, ch. 164, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 6632.24 (Williams, § 6632.6); Acts 1955, ch. 89, § 1; 1959, ch. 52, § 1; 1971, ch. 163, § 43; 1980, ch. 710, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 52-1201; Acts 1993, ch. 295, § 7.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2005–2013 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Gloria M. Patton Stovall (Tenn. Crim. App. 2005).
State of Tennessee v. Charles Clevenger (Tenn. Crim. App. 2013). “Similarly, the appellant contends that his conviction in count 10 of possessing a legend drug, which Tennessee Code Annotated section 53-10-101(a) generally defines as “any item that federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription from a licensed doctor,” also violates…”
State of Tennessee v. Dawn Fox Newhouse (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010). “Tennessee Code Annotated section 53-10-101(a) defines a legend drug as “any item that federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription from a licensed doctor, dentist, optometrist or veterinarian.”
State of Tennessee v. Ricky Joe Headley (Tenn. Crim. App. 2009). “” T.C.A. § 53-10-101(a). -2- prescription on at least three occasions.”
State of Tennessee v. Gloria M. Patton Stovall (Tenn. Crim. App. 2005). “”1 Tenn. Code Ann. § 53-10-101 (a) (2004). The trial court could sustain the violation upon proof that the defendant knowingly and unlawfully possessed the prescription drug Soma in a penal facility.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 53-10-101(a) — 3 cases
State of Tennessee v. Charles Clevenger (Tenn. Crim. App. 2013). “Similarly, the appellant contends that his conviction in count 10 of possessing a legend drug, which Tennessee Code Annotated section 53-10-101(a) generally defines as “any item that federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription from a licensed doctor,” also violates…”
State of Tennessee v. Dawn Fox Newhouse (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010). “Tennessee Code Annotated section 53-10-101(a) defines a legend drug as “any item that federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription from a licensed doctor, dentist, optometrist or veterinarian.”
State of Tennessee v. Ricky Joe Headley (Tenn. Crim. App. 2009). “” T.C.A. § 53-10-101(a). -2- prescription on at least three occasions.”
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