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TN Code § 63-1-142 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-142. Temporary Authorization to Practice

  Any board regulated by this title may authorize any of its members or its designee to conduct a review of the qualifications of an applicant for a license to practice such profession in this state and to make an initial determination as to whether the applicant has met all the requirements for licensure. If the board member or board designee determines that the applicant has met all the requirements for a license, the board member or board designee has the authority to issue to such applicant a temporary authorization to practice, and, once the temporary authorization is issued, the applicant is then authorized to practice such profession in this state until the board makes a final decision on the application for a license. Such temporary authorization, once issued, shall be deemed to be a valid license for all purposes, granting to the applicant all rights that would attach if the person had been issued a permanent license at that time. The board may authorize the use of this procedure with respect to an applicant for an initial license, temporary permit, temporary license, renewal of license and license reinstatement if the issuance of temporary permits, temporary licenses, renewal of license and license reinstatement is otherwise authorized by such board's practice statutes. In no event shall the temporary authorization issued pursuant to an initial determination made by a board member or a board designee be effective for longer than a six-month period measured from the date of issuance. The applicant shall not utilize this process for the same reason more than once.   If temporary authorization, pursuant to subsection (a), is issued to an applicant and if the subsequent decision of the board is to deny the application based upon a determination that the applicant has not complied with all the requirements for licensure, then the initial approval from that point forward shall immediately become null and void, and the applicant shall be notified immediately. In this event, the doctrine of estoppel shall not apply against the state based upon its issuance of temporary authorization and its subsequent denial of licensure.
TN Code § 63-1-143 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-143. Notification of Vacancy — Termination Due to Vacancy

  Each board, commission, committee, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title incurring a vacancy shall notify the appointing authority in writing within ninety (90) days after the vacancy. All vacancies, other than ex officio members, on any board, commission, committee, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall be filled by the appointing authority within ninety (90) days of receiving written notice of the vacancy and sufficient information is provided for the appointing authority to make an informed decision in regard to filling such vacancy. If sufficient information has been provided and a board, commission, committee, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title has more than one (1) vacancy that is more than one hundred eighty (180) days in duration, such board, commissioner, committee, agency or other governmental entity shall report to the house and senate government operations committees why such vacancies have not been filled.   If more than one-half (½) of the positions on any board, commission, committee, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title are vacant for more than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days, such board, commission, committee, agency or other governmental entity shall terminate. Such board, commission, committee, agency or other governmental entity shall wind up its affairs pursuant to § 4-29-112. If a board, commission, committee, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title is terminated pursuant to this subsection (b), it shall be reviewed by the evaluation committees pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled at title 4, chapter 5, before ceasing all its activities. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the general assembly from continuing, restructuring, or reestablishing a board, commission, committee, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title.
TN Code § 63-1-144 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-144. Payment of Costs of Investigation and Prosecution

  In addition to any existing authority regarding the requirement to pay costs in disciplinary proceedings, when the division or any board, council or committee created pursuant to this title and/or title 68, Chapters 2 4 and 29 and regulated under the authority of the department of health imposes sanctions on a license or certificate holder in any disciplinary contested case proceeding, the license or certificate holder may, at the discretion of the division, board, council or committee before which the contested case proceeding was held be required to pay the actual and reasonable costs of the investigation and prosecution of the case, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:  All costs absorbed by the division or attributed to and assessed against the board, council or committee by the division's bureau of investigations in connection with the prosecution of the matter including all investigator time, travel and lodging incurred during the prosecution;   All costs absorbed by the division or assessed against the board, council or committee by the division for the use of the division facilities and personnel for prosecution of the matter;   All costs assessed against the division, board, council or committee for the appearance fees, transcripts, time, travel and lodging of administrative law judges and court reporters and witnesses required in the prosecution of the matter; and   All costs attributed to and assessed against the division, board, council or committee by the department's office of general counsel in connection with the prosecution of the matter, including all attorney and paralegal time, travel and lodging incurred during the prosecution of the matter.     The division, board or committee shall include in any order in which the payment of costs has been assessed an amount that is the maximum amount owed by the license or certificate holder at the time the order is entered. Prior to the expiration of sixty (60) days from the effective date of the order, the division, council, board or committee shall send to the license or certificate holder, by certified mail, return receipt requested, and by regular United States mail, a final costs assessment that does not exceed the maximum amount in the order.
TN Code § 63-1-145 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-145. Rules and Regulations Regarding Advertisement Pertaining to Board Certification and Specialty

 Consistent with this title, the boards of the respective branches of the healing arts shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and this title to regulate the nature, manner, content and extent of advertising and the use of titles by practitioners of such healing arts who are under the jurisdiction of such boards, including advertising pertaining to board certification and specialty. Those boards that have already adopted such rules and regulations are not required to adopt additional rules and regulations, unless and until deemed necessary and appropriate by those boards.
TN Code § 63-1-146 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-146. Rules and Regulations Regarding Sanctions for Violations

 Consistent with this title, the boards of the respective branches of the healing arts are hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, which establish sanctions for violations of this chapter by members of the professions the boards regulate. Such sanctions may include civil penalties, suspension or revocation of license.
TN Code § 63-1-147 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-147. Authority to Enter Into Arrangements for Evaluating and Guiding the Development of the Health Care Workforce to Improve Delivery of Quality Health Care

 Any board of an allied health care profession, for allied health professionals as defined by United States Code, title 42, chapter 6A, subchapter V, part F, § 295p (42 U.S.C. § 295p), within the division of health related boards as set out in § 68-1-101, is authorized to enter into grants, agreements, scholarships or other arrangements with statewide nonprofit agencies or other state agencies for the purpose of evaluating and guiding the development of the education, distribution and availability of the allied health care workforce under the regulation of that board to provide a basis for improving the delivery of quality health care.
TN Code § 63-1-148 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-148. Covenants Not to Compete Signed by Healthcare Providers

  A restriction on the right of an employed or contracted healthcare provider to practice the healthcare provider's profession upon termination or conclusion of the employment or contractual relationship shall be deemed reasonable if:  The restriction is set forth in an employment agreement or other written document signed by the healthcare provider and the employing or contracting entity; and   The duration of the restriction is two (2) years or less and either:  The maximum allowable geographic restriction is the greater of:   A ten-mile radius from the primary practice site of the healthcare provider while employed or contracted; or   The county in which the primary practice of the healthcare provider while employed or contracted is located; or     There is no geographic restriction, but the healthcare provider is restricted from practicing the healthcare provider's profession at any facility at which the employing or contracting entity provided services while the healthcare provider was employed or contracted with the employing or contracting entity.       An agreement entered into in conjunction with the purchase or sale of a healthcare provider's practice, or all or substantially all of the assets of the healthcare provider's practice, may restrict the healthcare provider's right to practice the healthcare provider's profession; provided, that the duration of the restriction and the allowable area of the restriction are reasonable under the circumstances. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the duration and area of restriction agreed upon by the parties in such an agreement are reasonable.   This section shall apply to healthcare providers licensed under Chapters 3 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11 of this title.   This section shall not apply to physicians who specialize in the practice of emergency medicine.
TN Code § 63-1-149 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-149. Registry Check

  On and after October 1, 2010, before employing or contracting with any person who would be providing direct patient care, for whom a background check has not been completed, a health care professional licensed under any chapter of this title or title 68, Chapters 2 4 and 140, shall initiate and perform a “registry check” which for the purposes of this section is defined as:  A state-by-state look in any state in which the person has lived in the previous seven (7) years of the national sex offender public registry website coordinated by the United States department of justice, including, but not limited to, the sexual offender registry maintained by the Tennessee bureau of investigation pursuant to title 40, chapter 39, part 2; and   Any adult abuse registry maintained for any state in which the person has lived in the previous seven (7) years; and   The department of health's elder abuse registry established pursuant to title 68, chapter 11, part 10.     Should an applicant be listed on any of the registries listed in subdivisions (a)(1)-(3), the health care professional shall not employ or contract with the person if the person would be providing direct patient care.   A health care professional who complies with the requirements to perform registry checks under subsection (a), or relies on a documented representation provided by an entity with which the health care professional contracts that the person who will work in the office is not on any of these registries, shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability solely based upon the information provided through a registry check under this section. This immunity shall extend to a claim related to the professional's refusal to employ or contract with a person based on information obtained from a registry check.   This section is not intended to apply to contracted, external staff who provide such services as cleaning services, maintenance of office or medical equipment or other services where direct patient contact is not intended.   This section shall not apply to health care professionals licensed chapter 12 of this title.   The department of health shall post no later than October 1, 2010, in a conspicuous location on its website as well as the website of each applicable licensing board a link to all potential databases the health care professional would be required to check pursuant to subsection (a). In addition, each applicable licensing board shall notify all of its licensees at least annually through board newsletters of their obligations under this section.
TN Code § 63-1-151 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-151. Report by Practitioner to Licensing Board of Indictment for Offense Involving Sale or Dispensing of Controlled Substances

   Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or of chapter 3, Chapters 5 9 or chapter 19 of this title, when a practitioner licensed under any of such chapters is under state or federal indictment in this state for an offense involving the sale or dispensing of controlled substances under state or federal law, the practitioner shall report the indictment to the practitioner's licensing board in writing within seven (7) calendar days of acquiring actual knowledge of the indictment. Such report shall include the jurisdiction in which the indictment is pending, if known, and shall also be accompanied by a copy of the indictment, if the practitioner has one.   A district attorney general and appropriate attorneys for the federal government are strongly encouraged, when appropriate, to promptly notify a practitioner's licensing board when a practitioner covered under subdivision (a)(1) is indicted in this state for an offense involving the sale or dispensing of controlled substances under state or federal law.     The knowing failure of a practitioner to submit the report required in subdivision (a)(1) to the licensing board shall be considered unprofessional, dishonorable or unethical conduct and may be grounds for such licensing board to take disciplinary action against the practitioner's license. The fact an indictment was sealed and the practitioner could not have actual knowledge of its existence excuses the practitioner from discipline based on the failure of the practitioner to submit a report. However, the claim that the practitioner was not aware of the obligation required in subdivision (a)(1) may not excuse the practitioner from discipline based on the failure of the practitioner to submit a report.   Upon receiving a report of an indictment pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2) or from any other source, the practitioner's licensing board, through the board's consultant or other person designated by the board, shall within fifteen (15) calendar days, conduct an expedited review of the practitioner's conduct alleged in the indictment. The purpose of such expedited review shall be to determine if the matter merits an expedited investigation by the board. If so, such a directive shall be given to the department of health's office of investigations. All review activity under this subsection (c) shall be confidential pursuant to § 63-1-117(f).   For the purposes of this section, “controlled substances” means substances regulated as controlled substances under title 39, chapter 17, part 4, or title 53, Chapters 1 0 and 11, or the federal Controlled Substances Act, (21 U.S.C. § 801, et seq.).
TN Code § 63-1-153 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-153. Signage of Medical Spas to Display Name and Certification Status of Supervising Medical Director or Physician

  As used in this section:  “Cosmetic medical service” means any service that uses a biologic or synthetic material, a chemical application, a mechanical device, or a displaced energy form of any kind that alters or damages, or is capable of altering or damaging, living tissue to improve the patient's appearance or achieve an enhanced aesthetic result;   “Media” or “advertising” means oral, written and other types of communication disseminated for the purpose of soliciting medical services. These communications include, but are not limited to, newspaper or magazine advertisement, telephone directory displays, printed brochures or leaflets, websites, email correspondence, and television or radio announcements;   “Medical director” or “supervising physician” means a physician who:  Holds an active medical license under chapter 6 or 9 of this title in this state;   Has an active medical practice in this state; and   Is responsible for the provision of or supervises the provision of cosmetic medical services; and     “Medical spa” means any entity, however named or organized, which offers or performs cosmetic medical services; provided, that a medical spa shall not include an individual physician's office or practice owned by a physician.     Any entity doing business as or advertised as a medical spa shall display the name of the medical director or supervising physician and shall indicate one of the following by signage at its practice site and in its media and advertising:  Whether the medical director or supervising physician is certified or eligible for certification by a private or public board, parent association, multidisciplinary board or association that is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA);   Whether the medical director or supervising physician is certified by a board or association with equivalent requirements to the ABMS or AOA as approved and recognized by the board of medical examiners or the board of osteopathic examination, as appropriate; or   Whether the medical director or supervising physician is certified by a board or association requiring an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or AOA approved training program that provides complete training in the specialty or subspecialty certified, followed by prerequisite certification by a certifying board of the ABMS or AOA in that training field and successful completion of an additional examination in the specialty or subspecialty certified.     If the medical director or supervising physician is not certified by any of the entities identified in subsection (b), then the lack of certification shall be displayed by signage at its practice site and in its media and advertising.
TN Code § 63-1-159 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-159. Prohibited Offer or Payment, or Offer or Solicitation, of Commission for Referral of Patient or Patronage With Respect to Alcohol or Drug Services

  A healthcare provider licensed under this title, with respect to alcohol and drug services, as defined in § 33-2-402, shall not knowingly:  Offer or pay a commission, benefit, rebate, kickback, or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, or engage in any split-fee arrangement, in any form whatsoever, to induce the referral of a patient or patronage to or from a licensee or facility licensed under title 33, chapter 2, part 4;   Solicit or receive a commission, benefit, rebate, kickback, or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, or engage in any split-fee arrangement, in any form whatsoever, in return for referring a patient or patronage to or from a licensee or facility licensed under title 33, chapter 2, part 4;   Solicit or receive a commission, benefit, rebate, kickback, or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, or engage in any split-fee arrangement, in any form whatsoever, in return for the acceptance or acknowledgment of treatment from a licensee or facility licensed under title 33, chapter 2, part 4; or   Aid, abet, advise, or otherwise participate in the conduct prohibited under subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3).     Any healthcare provider licensed under this title, with respect to alcohol and drug services, that violates this section is subject to suspension or revocation of the healthcare provider's license by the appropriate healthcare licensing board and the imposition of civil penalties as authorized under this title.
TN Code § 63-1-161 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 1 - Division of Health Related Boards|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 63-1-161. Waiver of Initial Licensure Fees for Low-Income Persons

  As used in this section:  “Licensing” means the procedure through which the privilege to engage in a specific profession regulated under this title is granted by a licensing authority;   “Licensing authority” means any state agency with the authority to impose training, education, or licensure fees to practice in a profession;   “Licensure fee” means a fee imposed by a licensing authority on persons licensed to practice a profession for the privilege of providing goods or services;   “Low-income persons” means persons who are enrolled in a state or federal public assistance program, including, but not limited to, temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), medicaid, or supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP); and   “State agency” means a state board, agency, or commission attached to the division of health related boards, as listed in § 68-1-101(a)(8).      Any licensing authority that requires a license for persons to practice in a profession shall waive all initial licensure fees for low-income persons.   Persons seeking a waiver of initial licensure fee requirements shall apply to the appropriate licensing authority in a format prescribed by the authority.   All licensing authorities to which this section applies shall promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this section. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.