(a) It is unlawful for a practitioner to prescribe, order, distribute, supply or sell an anabolic steroid for:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 39-17-430

  • Controlled substance: means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through VII of §. See Tennessee Code 39-17-402
  • Distribute: means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled substance. See Tennessee Code 39-17-402
  • Manufacture: means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a controlled substance, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container, except that "manufacture" does not include the preparation or compounding of a controlled substance by an individual for the individual's own use or the preparation, compounding, packaging, or labeling of a controlled substance by:
    (A) A practitioner as an incident to administering or dispensing a controlled substance in the course of professional practice. See Tennessee Code 39-17-402
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association or any other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 39-17-402
  • Practitioner: means :
    (A) A physician, dentist, optometrist, veterinarian, scientific investigator or other person licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or to administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state. See Tennessee Code 39-17-402
(1) Enhancing performance in an exercise, sport or game without medical necessity; or
(2) Hormonal manipulation intended to increase muscle mass, strength or weight without medical necessity.
(b)

(1) It is unlawful for any person who is not a practitioner or lawful manufacturer of anabolic steroids to:

(A) Knowingly or intentionally manufacture or deliver an anabolic steroid, pure or adulterated; or
(B) Possess, with intent to manufacture or deliver, an anabolic steroid.
(2) As used in this subsection (b), “practitioner” means a physician, dentist or veterinarian.
(c) A person who knowingly violates this section shall be punished as provided in § 39-17-417(d) for a violation of a Schedule III controlled substance.
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