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TN Code § 63-8-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-108. Quorum — Records of Board

  A majority of the members of the board shall at all times constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the proceedings of the board shall be recorded in a minute book that shall be open at all reasonable times to public inspection.   The board shall keep a record book in which shall be registered the name, address and a certificate of fitness, a license, certificate of registration or permit of all persons legally entitled to practice optometry in this state, together with the names and addresses of those optometrists whose certificates or licenses have been suspended or revoked.
TN Code § 63-8-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-109. Reports of Board

 The secretary-treasurer of the board shall make such reports of the operation of the board as requested by the governor, appropriate committees of the general assembly or as otherwise required by law.
TN Code § 63-8-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-110. Compensation of Board Members

 The members of the board shall be paid their expenses, including mileage, hotel expenses, meals and the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) per diem when actually engaged in the discharge of their official duties. Each member shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 63-8-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-111. Administrative Support

 The board shall receive administrative support from the division.
TN Code § 63-8-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-115. Qualifications of Applicants

  Every person who desires to practice optometry in this state shall submit an application to the board. Each applicant must show sufficient information for the board to determine that the applicant meets all of the following requirements:  Is over twenty-one (21) years of age;   Is of good moral character;   Is a graduate of a school or college of optometry accredited by a regional or professional accreditation organization that is recognized or approved by the board and is in good standing, as determined by the board; and   Has passed examinations and met the requirements established by the board for the scope of practice desired.     An applicant who is licensed to practice optometry in a state other than Tennessee, in addition to the foregoing requirements, must show that the applicant is an optometrist in good standing in such state. If the applicant has been disciplined, the applicant must fully set forth the circumstances surrounding the discipline, so that the board may determine therefrom the applicant's character and fitness.   All applications to take examinations shall be accompanied by nonrefundable fees to defray the cost of preparing and conducting the examination and the application process as determined by the board.
TN Code § 63-8-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-116. Display of Certificate

 Each person to whom a certificate of registration is issued shall keep the certificate conspicuously displayed in that person's office, as required by § 63-1-109 and shall when requested exhibit the same to any member or representative of the board.
TN Code § 63-8-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-118. Discrimination Between Ocular Practitioners Prohibited

 No state board, commission or department created or existing by act of the general assembly, including public schools or other state agencies in the performance of their duties, shall in any way show any discrimination between ocular practitioners. All boards or commissions shall honor ocular reports or other professional services by legally qualified and licensed optometrists in this state.
TN Code § 63-8-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-121. Administrative Procedures

 The Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, shall apply to all proceedings of the board and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
TN Code § 63-8-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-122. Penalties

 A violation of this chapter is a Class B misdemeanor.
TN Code § 63-8-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-123. Regulation of Laboratory Practices of Optometrists

 The commissioner of health has the authority to regulate the laboratory practices of optometrists to ensure that such practices are in full compliance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) (42 U.S.C. § 263a).
TN Code § 63-8-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-124. Public Policy

 It is the public policy of the state that:   Optometrists rendering visual care to citizens shall practice in an ethical, professional manner;   Optometrists' practices shall be free from any influences that would interfere with their exercise of professional judgment;   The visual welfare of the optometrist's patient shall be the prime consideration at all times; and   Optometrists shall not be associated with any person or persons in any manner that might degrade or reduce the quality of visual care received by the citizens of this state.
TN Code § 63-8-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-126. Drug Prescriptions

  Any handwritten prescription order for a drug prepared by an optometrist who is authorized by law to prescribe a drug must be legible so that it is comprehensible by the pharmacist who fills the prescription. The handwritten prescription order must contain the name of the prescribing optometrist, the name and strength of the drug prescribed, the quantity of the drug prescribed, handwritten in letters or in numerals, instructions for the proper use of the drug, and the month and day that the prescription order was issued, recorded in letters or in numerals or a combination thereof. The prescribing optometrist must sign the handwritten prescription order on the day it is issued, unless it is a standing order issued in a hospital, a nursing home or an assisted care living facility as defined in § 68-11-201.   Any typed or computer-generated prescription order for a drug issued by an optometrist who is authorized by law to prescribe a drug must be legible so that it is comprehensible by the pharmacist who fills the prescription order. The typed or computer-generated prescription order must contain the name of the prescribing optometrist, the name and strength of the drug prescribed, the quantity of the drug prescribed, recorded in letters or in numerals, instructions for the proper use of the drug, and the month and day that the typed or computer-generated prescription order was issued, recorded in letters or in numerals or a combination thereof. The prescribing optometrist must sign the typed or computer-generated prescription order on the day it is issued, unless it is a standing order issued in a hospital, nursing home or an assisted care living facility as defined in § 68-11-201.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an optometrist from issuing a verbal prescription order.    All handwritten, typed or computer-generated prescription orders must be issued on either tamper-resistant prescription paper or printed utilizing a technology that results in a tamper-resistant prescription that meets the current centers for medicare and medicaid service guidance to state medicaid directors regarding § 7002(b) of the United States Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007, P.L. 110-28, and meets or exceeds specific TennCare requirements for tamper-resistant prescriptions.   Subdivision (d)(1) shall not apply to prescriptions written for inpatients of a hospital, outpatients of a hospital where the doctor or other person authorized to write prescriptions writes the order into the hospital medical record and then the order is given directly to the hospital pharmacy and the patient never has the opportunity to handle the written order, a nursing home or an assisted care living facility as defined in § 68-11-201 or inpatients or residents of a mental health hospital or residential facility licensed under title 33 or individuals incarcerated in a local, state or federal correctional facility.
TN Code § 63-8-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-127. Prohibition Against Requirement of Minimum Purchase of Ophthalmic Materials as a Condition of Participation in Vision or Health Care Plan

  No person shall require an optometrist to purchase a minimum quantity or minimum dollar amount of a specified brand of ophthalmic materials in order to participate as a provider in a vision or other health care plan.   An optometrist may file an action in the chancery court of the county in which the optometrist's office is located to enjoin a violation of this section. If successful in establishing a violation, the optometrist may recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
TN Code § 63-8-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 8 - Optometry Law|§ 63-8-128. Inactive Licenses to Perform Pro Bono Services

 The board of optometry shall establish by rule an inactive license category that allows optometrists 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 (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)). Such inactive license category shall not authorize any other practice of optometry.
TN Code § 63-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-101. Board — Composition and Terms of Members — Administrative Support

  There shall be a board of osteopathic examination, referred to as “board” in this chapter, consisting of six (6) persons, appointed by the governor. One (1) of these persons shall be a citizen member who does not engage in any profession, business or activity subject to regulation by the board, and five (5) members shall be osteopathic physicians. These persons shall be residents of this state; and the five (5) osteopathic physician members shall be graduates of a legally chartered osteopathic college in good standing and having the power to confer degrees in osteopathic medicine and shall have been, at the time of their appointment, actively engaged in the practice of their profession for a period of at least five (5) years. In making appointments to the board, the governor shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person serving on the board is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person serving on the board is a member of a racial minority.   Their terms of office shall be so designated by the governor that the term of one (1) member shall expire each year. Thereafter, in each year the governor shall appoint one (1) person to fill the vacancy on the board, the term of the appointee to be five (5) years. A vacancy occurring from any other cause shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term in the same manner.   The board shall have a common seal and shall formulate rules to govern its actions.   The board shall receive administrative support from the division of health related boards, referred to as the “division” in this chapter.
TN Code § 63-9-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-102. Meetings and Records of Board

  The board shall meet at the call of the president and at such other times and places as a majority of the board may appoint.   Four (4) members of the board shall constitute a quorum, but no certificates of fitness to practice osteopathic medicine shall be granted on an affirmative vote of less than three (3).   The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applicants for certificates of fitness, giving the name and location of the institution granting the applicant the degree of doctor of or diploma in osteopathic medicine, the date of the applicant's diploma and also stating whether the applicant was rejected or a certificate granted. The books and register shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded therein.
TN Code § 63-9-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-103. Disposition of Funds — Operating Expenses — Compensation of Members

  The board shall pay all money received as fees into the state treasury, and the commissioner of finance and administration shall make such allotments out of the general fund as the commissioner may deem proper for the necessary and proper expenses of the board. No expenditures shall be made by the board unless and until such allotment has been made by the commissioner. Such allotment shall be disbursed under the general budgetary laws of the state.   Each member of the board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per diem and expenses when actually engaged in the discharge of official duties. All reimbursement 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.
TN Code § 63-9-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-105. Examination of Applicants — Reciprocity

  The board shall subject all applicants to an examination in the subjects of diagnosis, surgery, gynecology, obstetrics and such other subjects as the board may require. The board may, in its discretion, conduct its own written examination or administer a national examination.   The board may, in its discretion, dispense with an examination in the case of an osteopathic physician duly licensed to practice osteopathic medicine in any other state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, if the applicant has met the same or equivalent educational standards required by the state of Tennessee, and shall present a certificate of examination and registration by the legally constituted board of such other state or district or a certificate issued by the national board of examiners for osteopathic physicians and surgeons.
TN Code § 63-9-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-106. Right of Licensees to Practice — Cross-Referrals

  Upon the issuance of a certificate of fitness by the board and the issuance of a license and a certificate of registration by the division as provided in chapter 1 of this title, the person receiving the same shall be entitled to practice in any county of this state osteopathic medicine, which is defined as a separate, complete and independent school of medicine and surgery utilizing full methods of diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental health and disease, including the prescription and administration of drugs, medicines and biologicals, operative surgery, obstetrics and radiological and other electromagnetic emissions, which places special emphasis on the interrelationship of the musculoskeletal system to other body systems as taught and practiced by recognized associated colleges of osteopathic medicine.    The provisions of chapter 6, part 6 of this title relative to cross-referral arrangements and physician ownership and investment interests in and referrals to a health care entity shall apply to any person practicing osteopathic medicine in this state.   Any osteopathic physician who makes or causes to be made a referral prohibited pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) is in violation of this chapter as of the dates specified in chapter 6, part 6 of this title. Willful violations of subdivision (b)(1) are considered unprofessional conduct, subject to licensure sanctions by the board of osteopathic examination, including suspension, revocation or other restriction deemed appropriate by the board. In addition, the board is authorized to impose civil penalties of an amount up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each prohibited referral.     When medical training and specialty board certification are considerations in the credentialing of osteopathic physicians, no state board, commission or department, created or existing, or hospital, health care facility, medical staff, professional service corporation or professional limited liability corporation, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, independent practice association, managed care organization, health plan or any other insurance provider shall discriminate, on the basis of education, against eligible osteopathic physicians who have:  Graduated from medical school and postdoctoral programs approved by either the American Osteopathic Association or the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; or   Been awarded board eligibility or board certification by specialty boards recognized by either the American Osteopathic Association or the American Board of Medical Specialties.
TN Code § 63-9-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-108. Application of Health Laws

  Osteopathic physicians shall observe and be subject to all state and municipal regulations relating to:  The control of contagious diseases;   The reporting and certifying of births and deaths; and   All matters pertaining to public health.     Such reports shall be accepted by the officer or department to whom the same are made, equally with reports of physicians of any other school of medicine.
TN Code § 63-9-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-109. Penalties

  Any person who practices or pretends or attempts to practice or use the science or system of osteopathic medicine in treating diseases of the human body or any person who buys, sells or fraudulently obtains any diploma, certificate, license or record of registration to practice osteopathic medicine illegally obtained or signed or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation or who uses in any of the forms or letters, “osteopathy,” “osteopath,” “osteopathist,” “diplomate in osteopathy,” “D.O.,” “osteopathic physician,” “doctor of osteopathy,” or any other title or letters, either alone or with other qualifying words or phrases, under such circumstances as to induce the belief that the person who uses such term is engaged in the practice of osteopathic medicine without having complied with this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any lawfully qualified osteopathic physician or surgeon in any other state meeting a registered osteopathic practitioner in the state of Tennessee for consultation.
TN Code § 63-9-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-110. Investigation and Prosecution of Violations

  The board shall investigate every supposed violation of this chapter coming within the scope of the authority of such board and report to the proper district attorney general all cases that, in the judgment of the board, warrant prosecution.   Every police officer, sheriff and peace officer is charged with the duty of investigating every supposed violation of this chapter that comes to such officer's notice or of which such officer has received complaint and of apprehending and arresting all violators.   It is the duty of the attorney general and reporter and of the several district attorneys general to prosecute violations of this chapter.
TN Code § 63-9-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-113. Supervised Osteopathic Medical Service by Physician Assistant, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, or Pharmacist Not Prohibited

 Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to prohibit osteopathic medical service rendered by a physician assistant, registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse, or a pharmacist pursuant to a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement, if such osteopathic medical service is rendered under the supervision, control and responsibility of a licensed osteopathic physician.
TN Code § 63-9-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-115. Special Volunteer License for Practice in Free Health Clinic — Exemption From Fees — Renewal

 A physician 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 osteopathic examination 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 § 63-9-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-119. Employee or Contractor's Unauthorized Use of Osteopathic Physician's Dea Registration Number to Write Prescriptions

  Any osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to this chapter who has reason to believe that an employee or contractor of the physician or the physician's firm, partnership or corporation has used the physician's federal drug enforcement administration (DEA) registration number without authorization to write prescriptions may make a report to a law enforcement agency.   Any osteopathic physician, firm, partnership, or corporation making a report pursuant to subsection (a) shall be immune from any civil liability for making such report when made in good faith.