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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-39 > Chapter-17 > Part-4 > 39-17-41139-17-411. Criteria for Schedule IV.
The commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, upon the agreement of the commissioner of health, shall place a substance in Schedule IV upon finding that:
(1) The substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III;
(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and
(3) Abuse of the substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III.
[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]
