There is exempt from the sales or use tax imposed by this chapter:

(1) Prosthetic devices for human use and repair services for the repair and maintenance of those prosthetic devices;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-6-314

  • Computer: means an electronic device that accepts information in digital or similar form and manipulates it for a result based on a sequence of instructions. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Drug: means a compound, substance or preparation, and any component of a compound, substance or preparation, other than food and food ingredients, dietary supplements or alcoholic beverages:
    (A) Recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, and supplement to any of them. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Durable medical equipment: includes repair and replacement parts for the equipment. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Mobility enhancing equipment: means equipment, including repair and replacement parts to the equipment, but does not include durable medical equipment that:
    (A) Is primarily and customarily used to provide or increase the ability to move from one place to another and that is appropriate for use either in a home or a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Prescription: means an order, formula or recipe issued in any form of oral, written, electronic, or other means of transmission by a duly licensed practitioner authorized by the laws of this state. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Sale: includes the furnishing of any of the things or services taxable under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Software: means computer software. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Use: means and includes the exercise of any right or power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership thereof, except that it does not include the sale at retail of that property in the regular course of business. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Use tax: includes the "use" "consumption" "distribution" and "storage" as defined in this section. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) Durable medical equipment for home use sold pursuant to a prescription for human use and repair services for the repair and maintenance of durable medical equipment qualifying for exemption under this subdivision (2);
(3) Oxygen delivery equipment, including:

(A) Repair services and repair or replacement parts for oxygen delivery equipment;
(B) Components or attachments for oxygen delivery equipment that are items for single patient use; and
(C) Disposable medical supplies necessary to administer or deliver medical oxygen for human use;
(4) Kidney dialysis equipment, including repair services and repair or replacement parts for kidney dialysis equipment, and including components or attachments for kidney dialysis equipment that are items for single patient use;
(5) Enteral feeding systems, including repair services and repair or replacement parts for enteral feeding systems, and including components or attachments for enteral feeding systems that are items for single patient use;
(6) Mobility enhancing equipment sold pursuant to a prescription for human use and repair service for the repair and maintenance of mobility enhancing equipment qualifying for exemption under this subdivision (6);
(7) Any syringe used to dispense insulin for human use and diabetic testing supplies for human use, including lancets, test strips for blood glucose monitors, visual read test strips, and urine test strips;
(8)

(A) Disposable medical supplies such as bags, tubing, needles and syringes dispensed by a licensed pharmacist in accordance with an individual prescription written for the use of a human being by a practitioner of the healing arts licensed by the state that are used for the intravenous administration of any prescription drug and that come into direct contact with the prescription drug or medicine;
(B) This exemption applies only to supplies to be used in the treatment of a patient outside of a hospital, skilled nursing facility or ambulatory surgical treatment center;
(9) Computer software designed for use in the treatment of individuals with a learning disability and having no residual value for any other purpose that is prescribed by a licensed practitioner of the healing arts for use in the treatment of an individual; and
(10) The sale or use of disposable, nonprosthetic ostomy products for use by humans who have had colostomies, ileostomies, or urostomies.
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