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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 4, 2020

The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners has ordered professional probation for state Sen. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald, the Commercial Appeal reports. Hensley, who is a medical doctor and was reelected to state Senate District 28 yesterday, admitted to providing medical care and prescribing opioids and other controlled substances to several family members, but insisted the treatment was unavoidable because he is the only doctor in Hohenwald. In some cases, the board also found that he did not document the prescriptions or take mandatory steps to prevent addiction or misuse. The board placed him on three years of probation and required classes on medical ethics and safe prescribing. He also must pay a $2,000 fine.