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TN Code § 63-5-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-112. Specialists

  No licensed dentist shall claim to the public to be a specialist, or be specially qualified in any particular branch of dentistry or to be giving special attention to any branch of dentistry, or claim to limit the dentist's practice to any branch of dentistry, until that dentist has complied with the additional requirements established by the board and has been issued a certificate by the board authorizing that dentist so to do. The board is authorized to certify “specialists” in the following branches of dentistry:  Dental public health;   Endodontics;   Oral and maxillofacial pathology;   Oral and maxillofacial surgery;   Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics;   Pediatric dentistry;   Periodontics;   Prosthodontics;   Oral and maxillofacial radiology; and   Any other branch of dentistry hereafter recognized as a specialty by the American Dental Association and approved by the board.     Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are held to the same standard of care as physicians licensed under chapters 6 or 9 of this title.   In considering or acting upon matters related to specialists or special areas of dentistry, the board shall utilize as consultants one (1) or more knowledgeable persons certified in the applicable specialty or knowledgeable in the special area.
TN Code § 63-5-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-113. Examination and Certification of Specialists

  Any dentist duly licensed in this state who has completed a minimum of two (2) years of graduate education in a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation or the equivalent thereof in a specialty branch of dentistry or who has otherwise met the requirements of the rules promulgated by the board may apply for a certificate as a specialist.   The board may recognize specialty certification of those dentists licensed through the licensure criteria provisions of § 63-5-110, if the requirements for certification in the original state are substantially equivalent to those requirements in this state.   No one shall offer or conduct any school, course, or program that grants credentialed status or that graduates individuals for credentialed status, or its equivalent, in any particular branch of dentistry or any specific area of the practice of dentistry that is not listed as a recognized specialty in § 63-5-112. Dental, dental hygiene, and dental assisting colleges, schools, or programs in this state that are accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation are exempt from this subsection (c).
TN Code § 63-5-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-116. Penalties for Unauthorized Practice by Hygienist or Assistant

  The board may revoke or suspend the license of, assess a civil penalty for each separate violation against or otherwise lawfully discipline any dentist who permits any licensed and registered dental hygienist, registered dental assistant and/or practical dental assistant operating under that dentist's supervision to perform any acts or services other than those authorized by this chapter.   The board may also revoke or suspend the license or registration of, assess a civil penalty for each separate violation against or otherwise lawfully discipline any dental hygienist or dental assistant violating any of the provisions of this chapter.
TN Code § 63-5-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-118. Certificate to Licensee Removing From State

 Anyone who is licensed or certified and is an ethical practitioner of dentistry or dental hygiene in the state and who is of good moral character, who shall desire to change residence to another state, territory, the District of Columbia or to a foreign country, upon application to the board, shall receive a special certificate or endorsement signed by the secretary and bearing the seal of the board, which shall attest such facts, the date of licensure or certification and such other facts as may be deemed necessary. The nonrefundable fee for each certificate or endorsement shall be set by the board.
TN Code § 63-5-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-119. Disbursement of Fees, Fines and Penalties — Operating Expenses — Compensation — Conference Attendance

  All fees coming into the hands of the board, including examination fees, renewal fees, fines and penalties, shall be paid by the board to the state treasurer and become part of the general fund. The commissioner of finance and administration shall make allotments out of the general fund of at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the funds paid into the general fund by the board for the proper expenditures of the board, and no expenditure shall be made by the board until allotment for the expenditure has been made by the commissioner. Such allotments for the operation of the board shall be disbursed under the general budgetary laws of the state.   The members of the board shall receive as compensation the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day they are actually engaged in the duties of the board in Tennessee, and all necessary expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the board. All reimbursements for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.   All fines, fees and penalties provided for in this chapter, whether imposed or required by the board or assessed or imposed by a court, judge or jury, shall belong to and be paid to the board.   The secretary of the board shall, in addition to the per diem provided by this section, receive a salary not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per month as set annually by the board.    The board may select one (1) or more of its members to attend, at the expense of the board, annual meetings of such agencies and associations as the Southern Regional Testing Agency, American Association of Dental Examiners and the Southern Conference of Dental Deans and Examiners, where attendance is necessary and important to the proper functioning of the board.   The members of the board may receive as compensation for attendance at such annual meetings the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day they are actually engaged in the duties of the board at such annual meetings.
TN Code § 63-5-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-120. Exhibit of License

 The holder of the license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene shall, at all times, upon request, exhibit such license along with the annual renewal receipt to any of the members of the board, or its authorized agent, or to any officer of the law.
TN Code § 63-5-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-121. Dental Practice to Be Owned by Dentist — Exception for Death or Disability

  Except where dental services are regularly made available to employees by their employer or where dental services are being provided by an official agency of the state government or any subdivision, any nonprofit organization or hospital, it is unlawful:  For any licensed dentist to practice dentistry as an employee of any person or other entity not engaged primarily in the practice of dentistry; or   For an owner of an active dental practice to be other than a dentist duly licensed to practice in this state.     In the event that a dentist is deceased or becomes substantially disabled, the estate or agent of such dentist may employ another dentist or dentists for a period of not more than two (2) years to provide services to patients until the practice can be sold or otherwise disposed of or closed.    Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a charitable clinic from employing or contracting with a dentist; provided, that the contractual relationship between the dentist and the charitable clinic is evidenced by a written contract, job description, or documentation, containing language that does not restrict the dentist from exercising independent professional judgment in diagnosing and treating patients.   For the purposes of this subsection (c), the term “charitable clinic” means an entity that meets the following standards:  Has received a determination of exemption from the internal revenue service under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) or is a distinct part of an entity that has received such a determination of exemption;   Has clinical facilities located in this state;   Has a primary mission to provide health care or dental care services to low-income, uninsured, or underserved individuals;   Provides one or more of the following services for free or at a discounted rate:   Medical care;   Dental care;   Mental health care; or   Prescription medications;     Utilizes volunteer healthcare professionals and nonclinical volunteers; and   Is not required to be licensed under § 68-11-202(a)(1).
TN Code § 63-5-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-125. Administrative Procedures

 All proceedings for disciplinary action against a licensee or certificate holder under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 63-5-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-126. Enjoining Unlawful Practice

  The board, in addition to the powers and duties expressly granted by this chapter in the matter of suspension or revocation of a license and in the matter of the refusal to issue a certificate, is authorized and empowered to petition any circuit or chancery court having jurisdiction to enjoin any person who is practicing or attempting to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without possessing a valid license to so practice and to enjoin any person, firm or corporation from performing any act or rendering any service that constitutes the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene as defined in § 63-5-108. No injunction bond shall be required of the board.   Jurisdiction is conferred upon the circuit and chancery courts of the state to hear and determine such causes as chancery causes and to exercise full and complete jurisdiction in such injunctive proceedings.
TN Code § 63-5-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-127. District Attorneys General to Assist Board

 The board at all times has the power to call upon the district attorneys general for the state in the various districts to assist the board. It is the duty of all district attorneys general throughout the state to assist the board, upon its request, in any suit for injunction or prosecution instituted by the board without charge or additional compensation to the district attorneys general.
TN Code § 63-5-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-128. Criminal Penalties

  Any person who violates any provision of § 63-5-107(a) commits a Class B misdemeanor.   After being convicted of any violation of § 63-5-107(a), any person who again violates § 63-5-107(a) commits a Class E felony.   Any person who has been enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction from performing any acts or rendering any services that constitute the practice of dentistry as defined in § 63-5-108, who thereafter willfully violates the terms of the injunction by again performing such acts or rendering such services, commits a Class E felony.
TN Code § 63-5-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-129. Retirement

 Any person licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state who has retired or may hereafter retire from such practice in this state is not required to register as required by this chapter; provided, that such person files with the board an affidavit on a form to be furnished by the board, which affidavit states the date on which such person retired from such practice and other such facts as tend to verify such retirement as the board deems necessary. If such person thereafter reengages in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene in this state, such person shall apply for registration with the board as provided by this chapter.
TN Code § 63-5-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-130. Armed Forces or Public Health Service

 Any person licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state who is an officer in the commissioned dental corps of the army, navy, air force or the public health service of the United States shall not be required to register as required in this chapter. Such person shall file with the board an affidavit on a form to be furnished by the board, which affidavit shall state the date on which such person entered the army, navy, air force or the public health service of the United States and such other facts as tend to verify such service as the board shall deem necessary. When such person resigns or is honorably discharged from one (1) of the aforementioned services and engages in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene in this state or any other state, such person shall, within thirty (30) days, apply for registration with the board as provided for in this chapter.
TN Code § 63-5-131 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-131. Immunity of Peer Review Committee From Liability — Confidentiality

  As used in this section, “peer review committee” or “committee” means any committee, board, commission or other entity constituted by any statewide dental association or local dental society for the purpose of receiving and evaluating dental acts of other dentists or dental auxiliary personnel or their personal conduct as it relates to the performance of their professional duties.   Any dentist who serves on any peer review committee or on any other committee is immune from liability with respect to any action taken by the dentist in good faith and without malice as a member of such committee, board, commission or other entity.   Dentists, dental hygienists and registered dental assistants, members of boards of directors or trustees of any publicly supported or privately supported hospital or other such provider of health care, or any other individual appointed to any committee, as such term is described in subsection (a), are immune from liability to any patient, individual or organization for furnishing information, data, reports or records to any such committee or for damages resulting from any decision, opinions, actions and proceedings rendered, entered or acted upon by such committees undertaken or performed within the scope or functions of the duties of such committees, if made or taken in good faith and without malice and on the basis of facts reasonably known or reasonably believed to exist.   All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda or other data furnished to any such peer review committee or other entity and any findings, conclusions or recommendations resulting from the proceedings of such committee or other entity are privileged. The records and proceedings of any such committee or other entity are confidential and shall be used by such committee or other entity and the members thereof only in the exercise of the proper functions of the committee or other entity and shall not become public record nor be available for court subpoena or discovery proceedings. Nothing contained in this subsection (d) applies to records, documents or information otherwise available from original sources, such records, documents or information not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil proceeding solely due to presentation to the committee.
TN Code § 63-5-132 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-132. Inactive Licenses to Perform Pro Bono Services

 The board of dentistry shall establish by rule an inactive license category that allows dentists to perform services without compensation only for those persons receiving services from organizations that have received a determination of exemption under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Such inactive license category shall not authorize any other practice of dentistry.
TN Code § 63-5-133 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-133. Dental Referral Service

  A dental referral service shall not participate in the advertising of, or operate, a dental referral service unless it meets all of the following requirements:  Its patient referrals result from patient-initiated responses to the dental referral service's advertising;   It discloses to any prospective patient in its advertising that participating dentists have paid a fee for participation in the service;   It does not impose a fee on participating dentists dependent on the number of referrals or amount of professional fees paid by the patient to the dentist; and   It duly registers with the board, providing all information reasonably required by the board.     Participating dentists shall not enter into an agreement to accept for dental care or treatment a person referred or recommended by a dental referral service unless the dental referral service meets all the requirements of subsection (a). Participating dentists shall charge no more than their usual and customary fees to any patient so referred or recommended.    “Dental referral service” is a person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, agent or employee of any of the foregoing that engages in any business or service for profit that in whole or in part includes the referral or recommendation of persons to a dentist for any form of dental care or treatment;   “Participating dentist” is a dentist duly licensed under this chapter who has paid a fee to a dental referral service in order to be included in its referral service.     A dental referral service that advertises shall include in each advertisement legible or audible language, or both, a disclaimer containing all the following statements or information:  The advertisement is paid for by participating dentists who have paid a fee to participate; and   No representation is made about the quality of the dental services to be performed or expertise of the participating dentists, and that participating dentists are not more or less qualified than dentists who are not participating in the service.     Dental referral service advertisements shall not do any of the following:  Advertise or solicit patients in a manner that contains a false, fraudulent, misleading or deceptive statement in any material respect;   Publish or circulate, directly or indirectly, any false, fraudulent, misleading or deceptive statement as to the skill or methods of practice of any participating dentist;   Contain a statement or make a recommendation that the dental referral service provides referrals to the most qualified dentists or dental practice; or   Advertise a review process or a screening that misleads the public into thinking a participating dentist has obtained special recognition or joined a selective group of licensed dentists by being a participating dentist in the dental referral service.
TN Code § 63-5-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 5 - Dentists|§ 63-5-134. Special Volunteer License for Practice in Free Health Clinic — Exemption From Fees — Renewal

 A dentist or a dental hygienist 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 dentistry may issue a special volunteer license, as such license is 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 § 63-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-101. Short Title

 This chapter may be cited as the “Optometry Law.”
TN Code § 63-8-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-103. Board of Optometry — Created — Members — Terms

   A board is created that shall be known and designated as the board of optometry. This board shall consist of five (5) members, all of whom shall be licensed to practice the full scope of optometry and be residents of Tennessee and actively practicing optometrists in Tennessee for a period of five (5) or more years immediately preceding their appointment.   No person shall be eligible for appointment who is in any way connected with or has any financial interest in the optical dispensary or optical department of any institution of learning or in the wholesale optical or optometric supply business.     The present board members shall serve out their respective terms. Thereafter, on a staggered basis, members shall be appointed for five-year terms. No member shall serve for more than ten (10) consecutive years.
TN Code § 63-8-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-104. Oath of Board Members

 All members of the board shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe to the oath, filed with the secretary-treasurer of the board.
TN Code § 63-8-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-105. Appointments to the Board

  The members of the board shall be appointed by the governor. Members may be appointed from lists of qualified nominees submitted by interested optometric groups, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Association of Optometric Physicians. The governor shall consult with such interested groups to determine qualified persons to fill the positions.   A member shall continue to serve until that member's successor is appointed. A vacancy created by the death, resignation or removal of a member shall be temporarily filled by the board after thirty (30) days. The person filling such vacancy shall serve until the governor makes the appointment as provided in this section. An appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term.
TN Code § 63-8-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-106. Removal of Members of Board

  The governor or the board shall have the right to remove from office any or all of the members of the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty or the violation of this chapter.   If the certificate of registration or license of any member of the board is suspended or revoked for cause after the hearing provided for in this chapter, the member's membership on the board shall automatically cease.
TN Code § 63-8-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-107. Officers of Board — Meetings — Examinations

  The board shall choose one (1) of its members as chair, one (1) as vice chair and one (1) as secretary-treasurer, annually.   The board may meet, in its discretion, at such times and places as it may deem proper for the examination of applicants who wish to practice optometry in this state and for the transaction of business.   The board shall offer the standard examination for the issuance of the certificate of fitness at least twice a year.