TN Code § 53-11-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 53 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics|Chapter 11 - Narcotic Drugs and Drug Control|Part 4 - Criminal Penalties and Enforcement|§ 53-11-401. Miscellaneous Offenses — Penalties

  It is unlawful for any person:  Who is subject to part 3 of this chapter, to distribute or dispense a controlled substance in violation of § 53-11-308 or to distribute or dispense any controlled substance for any purposes other than those authorized by and consistent with the person's professional or occupational licensure or registration law, or to distribute or dispense any controlled substance in a manner prohibited by the person's professional or occupational licensure or registration law;   Who is a registrant to manufacture a controlled substance not authorized by the registrant's registration, or to distribute or dispense a controlled substance not authorized by the registrant's registration to another registrant or other authorized person;   To refuse or fail to make, keep or furnish any record, notification, order form, statement, invoice or information required under part 3 of this chapter and this part, or title 39, chapter 17, part 4, except sanctions against a health care provider for the provider's failure to make a report required by § 53-11-309(a) shall be limited only to cases involving a pattern of willful failure to make such reports and, in those instances, the health care provider shall only be subject to a civil penalty assessed by the provider's licensing board;   To refuse an entry into any premises for any inspection authorized by part 3 of this chapter and this part, or title 39, chapter 17, part 4; or   Knowingly to keep or maintain any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft or other structure or place that is resorted to by persons using controlled substances in violation of part 3 of this chapter and this part, or title 39, chapter 17, part 4, for the purpose of using these substances, or that is used for keeping or selling them in violation of part 3 of this chapter and this part, or title 39, chapter 17, part 4.      A violation of this section is a Class D felony; provided, however, a healthcare provider who fails to make a report required by § 53-11-309 shall not be guilty of a felony and shall be punishable only by the sanctions set forth in subdivision (a)(3); and provided, further, that a person who fails to comply with § 53-11-308(h) is not guilty of a felony and shall be punishable only by a civil penalty assessed by the provider's licensing board and only in cases involving a pattern of willful failure to comply.   Notwithstanding § 40-35-111, regarding the authorized fine for a Class D felony, the authorized fine for a violation of this section shall be as follows:  For a violation involving a Schedule I or II controlled  substance $ 100,000   For a violation involving a Schedule III or IV controlled  substance 50,000   For a violation involving a Schedule V or VI controlled  substance 5,000   For a violation involving a Schedule VII controlled  substance 1,000   For any other violation of this section not involving  a scheduled controlled substance 20,000    Nothing contained in this section shall preclude a prosecution under the general drug laws.