Section 1140-11-.04 - ALTERNATIVE IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENTS(1) If a patient does not have a social security number or refuses to provide his or her social security number to be used as a patient identifier, then the board shall use the patient's driver's license number or telephone number as the patient identifier in the database.(2) If a patient does not have a social security number, a driver's license number or a telephone number, then the board shall use the number "000-00-0000" as the patient identifier in the database.(3) If a patient or a patient's agent refuses to provide his or her social security number, driver's license number or telephone number to his or her prescriber or dispenser, then the board shall use the number "999-99-9999" as the patient identifier in the database.(4) If a patient's social security number is not available, then the board shall use the social security number, driver's license number or telephone number of the person obtaining the controlled substance on behalf of the patient as the patient identifier in the database or the numbers "000-00-0000" (does not have the data) or "999-99-9999" (refusal to provide data), as applicable.(5) If a patient is a child who does not have a social security number, then the board shall use the parent's or guardian's social security number, driver's license number, telephone number, or number "000-00-0000" (does not have data) or number "999-99-9999" (refusal to provide data) as the patient identifier in the database.(6) If a patient is an animal, then the board shall use the owner's social security, driver's license number, telephone number, or number "000-00-0000" (does not have data) or number "999-99-9999" (refusal to provide data) as the patient identifier in the database.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-11-.04
Original rule filed December 22, 2005; effective March 7, 2006. Rule was previously numbered 1140-11-.03, but was renumbered 1140-11-.04 with the addition of a new rule 1140-01-.03 filed November 22, 2016; effective 2/20/2017.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 53-10-303(f) and 53-10-305.