57-7-109 - Prescriptions by physicians restricted.
57-7-109. Prescriptions by physicians restricted.
It is unlawful for any physician to issue a prescription for alcohol except in writing and in triplicate, or in any case, unless there is reason to believe that the person for whom it is issued is actually sick and that the alcohol is required as a medicine, and is a patient on whom the physican shall personally attend.
[Acts 1917, ch. 68, § 6; Shan., § 3079a317b12 (p. 6584); Shan. Supp., § 3079a317b12; Code 1932, § 5729; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-412.]