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TN Code § 63-17-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-210. Examination Requirements

  The examination provided in § 63-17-209 shall consist of:  Tests of knowledge in the following areas as they pertain to the fitting of hearing instruments:  Basic physics of sound;   The human hearing mechanism, including the science of hearing and the causes and rehabilitation of abnormal hearing and hearing disorders; and   Structure and function of hearing instruments;     Tests of proficiency in the following techniques as they pertain to the fitting of hearing instruments:  Pure tone audiometry, including air conduction testing and bone conduction testing;   Live voice or recorded voice speech audiometry, including speech reception threshold testing and speech discrimination testing;   Effective masking;   Recording and evaluation of audiograms and speech audiometry to determine hearing instrument candidacy;   Selection and adaption of hearing instruments and testing of hearing instruments;   Taking earmold impressions; and   Other skills as may be required for the fitting of hearing instruments; and     Tests of knowledge of the provisions and requirements of this part.     The tests under this section shall not include questions requiring a medical or surgical education.
TN Code § 63-17-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-211. Provisions for Fees

   Upon payment of an initial license fee as determined by the council, the council shall issue a license to each applicant who passes the examination. Such initial license shall expire as provided by rules and regulations promulgated by the board.   During the second year of a biennial renewal period, the initial license fee shall be one-half (½) of the biennial renewal fee.     The council may, in its discretion, license as a hearing instrument specialist, without examination, on the payment of a fee as set by the council, an applicant who is a hearing instrument specialist, certified, registered or licensed under the laws of another state or country, if the applicant's qualifications for certification, registration or licensure meet the licensure requirements in force in this state upon the date of the specialist's application for certification, registration or licensure in this state.
TN Code § 63-17-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-212. Notification of Change of Address

 Each licensee shall notify the council of any change of address of the licensee's place of business, within thirty (30) days of such change. Failure to give such notice shall be deemed just cause for disciplinary action by the council.
TN Code § 63-17-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-213. Registry of License Holders — Review of Qualifications

 The council shall issue, under the board's name, all licenses approved by the council, and the board and shall maintain a registry of all license holders. It is the duty of the council to review and approve the qualifications of applicants for certification or renewal as hearing instrument specialists.
TN Code § 63-17-215 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-215. Expenses of Board and Council Paid by Fees

 The fees relating to the practice of dispensing hearing instruments shall be set by the board in an amount sufficient to pay all of the expenses of the council, as well as all of the expenses of the board that are directly attributable to the performance of its duties pursuant to this part. Expenditures of the council for investigations and disciplinary actions shall be the financial responsibility of the licensees who are regulated by such council.
TN Code § 63-17-216 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-216. Sale of Hearing Instruments

  Any person who engages in the practice of dispensing and fitting hearing instruments shall deliver to each person supplied with a hearing instrument, by the dispensing person's or at the dispensing person's order or direction, a bill of sale that contains each of the following:  The signature of the licensed hearing instrument specialist, the address of the specialist's regular place of business and the specialist's license number and license expiration date;   The make and model of the hearing instrument supplied, and the amount charged for the hearing instrument and whether the hearing instrument is new, used or rebuilt;   A clear statement of the terms of sale, including the provisions required by § 63-17-217; and   The name and address of the council and a statement that the council will receive complaints on any matter relating to the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments.     Any sale of a hearing instrument is subject to the same conditions and provisions as are prescribed by the United States food and drug administration and the federal trade commission.   Any hearing aid that is sold, fitted or dispensed to a consumer in this state shall be clearly and permanently marked with:  The name of the manufacturer or distributor or the model name or number;   The serial number; and   The year of manufacture.
TN Code § 63-17-217 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-217. Return of Purchased Hearing Instruments

  Within thirty (30) days of the date of delivery, any purchaser of a hearing instrument from a licensee is entitled to return the hearing instrument for any reason; provided, that such instrument is returned in satisfactory condition and such purchaser pays only reasonable charges for the hearing instrument and related services. Such return privileges apply only to a first time purchaser of a hearing instrument.   Charges to be imposed upon return of a hearing instrument as provided in subsection (a) shall be clearly stated in the bill of sale.   This section shall not be construed to supersede any duly promulgated regulation issued by the federal trade commission.
TN Code § 63-17-218 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-218. Liability of Sponsors

 Any person sponsoring an apprentice licensee and/or apprentice licensee applicant under this part shall be held responsible for the acts or omissions of the sponsor's apprentice licensee and/or apprentice licensee applicant within the course and scope of the licensee's or applicant's employment, during the apprenticeship, as well as the sponsor's employees.
TN Code § 63-17-220 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-220. Hearing Before Council Required

  Except as otherwise provided by § 63-17-214, no license issued pursuant to this part may be suspended, revoked, denied or renewal denied without a hearing before the council or its duly authorized trial examiner, if requested by the certificate holder or applicant, on due notice.   Any action of the council taken pursuant to this part shall be in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 63-17-221 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-221. Penalties Council May Enforce by Seeking Court Injunction

  A violation of this part is a Class B misdemeanor.   The council, with the approval of the board, may seek to enforce any provision of this part by petitioning a court of appropriate jurisdiction for an injunction to enjoin continuing violations of this part or by any other appropriate proceeding. No such proceeding is barred by any proceeding had or pending pursuant to § 63-17-214 or by the imposition of any fine or term of imprisonment pursuant thereto.
TN Code § 63-17-222 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 17 - Licensure Act for Communication Disorders and Sciences|Part 2 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|§ 63-17-222. Licensed Hearing Aid Dispenser Eligible for Hearing Instrument Specialist License

  Upon July 1, 1995, any person who is a trainee, apprentice or who has entered into a training program to become a licensed hearing aid dispenser shall be eligible to receive a license as a hearing instrument specialist; provided, that such person complies with all of the requirements of chapter 15 of this title [repealed], as it existed upon July 1, 1995.   Upon July 1, 1995, any person who is a licensed hearing aid dispenser shall be eligible to receive a license as a hearing instrument specialist. Any person who is a licensed hearing aid dispenser upon July 1, 1995, who wishes to obtain a license as a hearing instrument specialist shall submit a request to the council to receive the appropriate license as a hearing instrument specialist. No additional fee shall be imposed upon persons for the issuance of a license as a hearing instrument specialist pursuant to this subsection (b).
TN Code § 63-19-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-101. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Physician Assistants Act.”
TN Code § 63-19-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-102. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the board of medical examiners, created by § 63-6-101;   “Committee” means the board of medical examiners' committee on physician assistants, established by § 63-19-103;   “Orthopedic physician assistant” (OPA-C) means an individual who renders service in collaboration with a licensed orthopedic physician or surgeon and who has been licensed by the committee on physician assistants and the board of medical examiners pursuant to this chapter as an orthopedic physician assistant;   “Physician” means a person lawfully licensed to practice medicine and surgery pursuant to chapter 6 of this title, osteopathic medicine pursuant to chapter 9 of this title, or podiatry pursuant to chapter 3 of this title; and   “Physician assistant” means an individual who renders services, whether diagnostic or therapeutic, that are acts constituting the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine and, but for §§ 63-6-204 and 63-9-113, could only be performed by a licensed physician.
TN Code § 63-19-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-103. Committee on Physician Assistants

  To assist the board of medical examiners in the performance of its duties, there is hereby established the committee on physician assistants. The committee shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the governor, each of whom shall be a resident of this state and each of whom shall be a physician assistant who meets the criteria for licensure as established by this part.   Initial appointments to the committee shall be made as follows: two (2) members shall be appointed to terms of four (4) years, one (1) member shall be appointed to a term of three (3) years, one (1) member shall be appointed to a term of two (2) years, and one (1) member shall be appointed to a term of one (1) year. Each regular appointment thereafter shall be for a term of four (4) years. Any vacant term shall be filled by the governor for the balance of the unexpired term. No member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive four-year terms and each member shall serve on the committee until a successor is appointed. In making appointments to the committee, the governor shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person serving on the committee is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person serving on the committee is a member of a racial minority.   While engaged in the business of the committee, members thereof shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) and shall also receive compensation for actual expenses to be paid in accordance with comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the commissioner of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.   The committee shall elect a chair and secretary from among its members at the first meeting held in each fiscal year. A committee meeting may be called upon reasonable notice in the discretion of the chair and shall be called at any time upon reasonable notice by a petition of three (3) committee members to the chair.
TN Code § 63-19-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-106. Authorized Services — Collaboration

   A physician assistant is authorized to perform selected medical services only in collaboration with a licensed physician.   Collaboration requires active and continuous overview of the physician assistant's activities to ensure that the physician's directions and advice are in fact implemented, but does not require the continuous and constant physical presence of the collaborating physician. The board and the committee shall adopt, by September 19, 1999, regulations governing the collaborating physician's personal review of historical, physical and therapeutic data contained in the charts of patients examined by the physician assistant.   The range of services that may be provided by a physician assistant shall be set forth in a written protocol, jointly developed by the collaborating physician and the physician assistant. The protocol shall also contain a discussion of the problems and conditions likely to be encountered by the physician assistant and the appropriate treatment for these problems and conditions. The physician assistant shall maintain the protocol at the physician assistant's practice location and shall make the protocol available upon request by the board of medical examiners, the committee on physician assistants or the authorized agents of the board or the committee.   A physician assistant may perform only those tasks that are within the physician assistant's range of skills and competence, that are within the usual scope of practice of the collaborating physician and that are consistent with the protection of the health and well-being of the patients.   The physician assistant may render emergency medical service in accordance with guidelines previously established by the collaborating physician pending the arrival of a responsible physician in cases where immediate diagnosis and treatment are necessary to avoid disability or death.     A physician assistant shall, at all times, practice in collaboration with a licensed physician who has control of and responsibility for the services provided by the physician assistant and the duty of assuring that there is a proper collaboration with the physician and that the activities of the physician assistant are otherwise appropriate.   Any rules that purport to regulate the collaboration of physician assistants with physicians shall be jointly adopted by the board of medical examiners and the committee on physician assistants.   A physician assistant practicing in collaboration with a licensed podiatrist:  Shall not provide services that are outside of the scope of practice of a podiatrist as set forth in § 63-3-101;   Shall comply with the requirements of and any rules adopted pursuant to this section and § 63-19-107 governing the collaboration with a physician assistant; and   May prescribe only drugs that are rational to the practice of podiatry.
TN Code § 63-19-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-108. Unlicensed Medical Practice by Assistants

 Any physician assistant rendering professional services inconsistent with this part shall be considered to be practicing medicine without a license and shall be subject to appropriate legal action by the board of medical examiners.
TN Code § 63-19-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-109. Unprofessional Conduct by Physician Supervising Physician Assistant

 When any licensed physician utilizes the services of a physician assistant or orthopedic physician assistant inconsistent with this chapter, it constitutes grounds for a finding of unprofessional conduct; and the physician is subject to disciplinary action by the board of medical examiners in accordance with § 63-6-214, the board of osteopathic examination in accordance with § 63-9-111, or the board of podiatric medical examiners in accordance with § 63-3-119. Such disciplinary action includes, but is not limited to, the suspension of privileges to utilize a physician assistant or an orthopedic physician assistant or the suspension or revocation of a physician's license to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatry in Tennessee.
TN Code § 63-19-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-110. Exemptions

  Nothing in this part shall be construed to:  Modify or supersede any existing laws relating to other paramedical professions or services;   Permit a physician assistant to:  Measure the powers or range of human vision, or determine the refractive state of the human eye or the scope of its functions in general or prescribe or direct the use of ophthalmic lenses or prisms to remedy or relieve defects of vision or muscular anomalies;   Prescribe or fit or adapt contact lenses to or for the human eye;   Practice chiropractic or to analyze or palpate the articulations of the spinal column for the purposes of giving a spinal adjustment; or     Prohibit a physician assistant from testing visual acuity or performing routine vision screening.     Nothing in this part applies to registered nurses or licensed practical nurses utilized by a physician under § 63-6-204 or § 63-9-113, or to technicians, other assistants or employees of a physician not rendering services as a physician assistant and who perform delegated tasks in the office of a physician or to students enrolled in physician assistant training programs accredited by the committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association.
TN Code § 63-19-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-111. Administrative Proceedings

 All administrative proceedings for disciplinary action against a license holder under this part shall be conducted by the board in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 63-19-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-112. [reserved.]

 Any person licensed by the board as a physician assistant who has retired or may retire from such practice in this state is not required to biennially renew the person's license as required by this part, if such person files with the board an affidavit on a form to be furnished by the board, which affidavit states the date on which the person retired from practice and any other facts, as the board considers necessary, that tend to verify such retirement. If such person thereafter reengages in practice in this state, such person shall apply for licensure by the board as provided by this part and shall not be liable for payment of licensure renewal fees that accrued during the period of retirement.
TN Code § 63-19-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-114. Use of Title “Physician Assistant” or Abbreviations “Pa” or “Pa-c.”

 Any person who holds a valid license or temporary license from the board shall have the right to use the title “physician assistant” or the abbreviations “PA” or “PA-C.” No other person may assume that title or use such abbreviations, or any words, signs, letters, or devices to indicate that the person using them is a physician assistant; provided, that this section shall not apply to public accountants or certified public accountants, and nothing in this section shall prevent a public accountant from using the abbreviation “P.A.”
TN Code § 63-19-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 1 - Physician Assistants Act|§ 63-19-115. Special Volunteer License for Practice in Free Health Clinic — Exemption From Fees — Renewal

 A physician assistant licensed pursuant to this chapter under a special volunteer license who is a medical practitioner, as defined by § 63-1-201, engaged in practice at a free health clinic shall not be subject to license fees under this chapter. The board of medical examiners and its committee on physician assistants may issue a special volunteer license, as defined in § 63-1-201, to qualified applicants without fee or charge. Such license shall be for a period of two (2) years and may be renewed on a biennial basis.
TN Code § 63-19-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants|Part 2 - Orthopedic Physician Assistants|§ 63-19-202. Licensure Requirement

  No person shall claim to be or function as an orthopedic physician assistant unless such person holds a valid orthopedic physician assistant license issued by the board.   The board shall license no person as an orthopedic physician assistant unless:  The person is a graduate of an orthopedic physician assistant training program deemed adequate by the committee on physician assistants and the board of medical examiners; and   The person has successfully completed the examination of the National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Physician Assistants; or   Alternatively to the requirements of subdivisions (b)(1) and (2), the person may be licensed as an orthopedic physician assistant if the person has successfully completed the examination of the National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Physician Assistants and was performing services as an orthopedic physician assistant in this state on May 30, 1995.     The board or the committee may require that an applicant for licensure as an orthopedic physician assistant appear before the board or the committee to answer any questions regarding the applicant's fitness for licensure.