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TN Code § 63-25-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 25 - Dietetics/nutrition Practice Act|§ 63-25-103. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the board of dietitian/nutritionist examiners;   “Department” means the department of health;   “Dietetics/nutrition practice” means the integration and application of scientific principles of food, nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, management and behavioral and social sciences in achieving and maintaining health through the life cycle and in the treatment of disease. Methods of practice include, but are not limited to, nutritional assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition care plans, nutritional counseling and education, and the development and administration of nutrition care standards and systems;   “Dietitian” and “nutritionist” may be used interchangeably;   “Dietitian/nutritionist” means a health care professional practicing dietetics/nutrition and licensed under this chapter; and   “Division” means the division of health related boards within the department.
TN Code § 63-25-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 25 - Dietetics/nutrition Practice Act|§ 63-25-105. Development of Therapeutic Dietary Regimens

 No therapeutic dietary regimen may be developed unless pursuant to the appropriate orders and/or referral of licensed practitioners of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, dentistry or podiatry when incidental to the practice of their respective professions.
TN Code § 63-25-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 25 - Dietetics/nutrition Practice Act|§ 63-25-106. Board of Dietitian/nutritionist Examiners

  There is hereby created the board of dietitian/nutritionist examiners to consist of five (5) members appointed by the governor, each of whom shall be a resident of this state and shall have had at least five (5) years' experience in the actual practice or teaching of dietetics and/or nutrition. Appointments may be made from lists of qualified persons submitted to the governor by interested dietitian/nutritionist, hospital and medical groups, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Dietetic Association, the Tennessee Hospital Association, and the Tennessee Medical Association, and shall represent such areas of practice as administrative dietetics, clinical dietetics, dietetic education, community nutrition and consultation and private practice. The governor shall consult with such interested groups to determine qualified persons to fill the positions.   Of the initial appointments to the board, two (2) members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, two (2) members for a term of two (2) years, and one (1) member for a term of one (1) year. All regular appointments thereafter shall be for terms of three (3) years each. No member shall be eligible for appointment for more than two (2) consecutive terms, and each member shall serve on the board until a successor is appointed. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the governor for the unexpired term. 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.   The board shall organize annually and select a chair and a secretary. A quorum of the board shall consist of three (3) members, and meetings of the board shall be held as frequently as its duties may require. The division shall perform administrative functions for the board.   Each member of the board shall receive compensation for services in an amount determined by the department, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) per diem when actually engaged in the discharge of their official duties, and, in addition, shall be reimbursed for all travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive state travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 63-25-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 25 - Dietetics/nutrition Practice Act|§ 63-25-107. Powers and Duties of Board

 In addition to the powers granted elsewhere in this chapter, the board has the duty to:   Promulgate, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, all rules that are reasonably necessary for the performance of the various duties imposed upon the board in the proper administration of this chapter;   Set fees, after consultation with the department and subject to the maximum limitations prescribed in this chapter, relative to the application, examination, licensing and renewal thereof in amounts sufficient to pay all of the expenses of the board directly attributable to the performance of its duties pursuant to this chapter;   Review and approve or reject the qualifications of applicants for licensure and to issue, in the board's name, all approved licenses, certificates and permits;   Collect or receive all fees, fines and moneys owed pursuant to this chapter and to pay the same into the general fund of the state. For purposes of implementing subdivision (2), the board shall designate any such fees, fines or moneys collected pursuant to the regulation of dietitians/nutritionists; and   Deny, suspend or revoke the license of or to otherwise discipline by an administrative penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or by reprimand, a license holder who is guilty of violating any provisions of this chapter or who is guilty of violating the rules and regulations of the board duly promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
TN Code § 63-25-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 25 - Dietetics/nutrition Practice Act|§ 63-25-108. Applications for Licensure

 An applicant for licensure as a dietitian/nutritionist shall file a written application on forms provided by the department or via online application showing to the satisfaction of the board that such person:   Is of good moral character;   Has received a baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university that provides a major course of study in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food systems management, or an equivalent major course of study as approved by the board;   Has successfully completed a planned continuous preprofessional experience in nutrition practice of not less than nine hundred (900) hours under the supervision of a registered dietitian, or successfully completed a program of supervised clinical experience approved by the commission on dietetic registration of the American Dietetic Association; and   Has passed the national examination prepared and administered by the commission on dietetic registration of the American Dietetic Association.
TN Code § 63-25-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 25 - Dietetics/nutrition Practice Act|§ 63-25-109. Issuance of Licenses — Temporary Permits

  The board may, in its discretion, issue a license to an applicant upon such person providing evidence of current registration as a registered dietitian and upon payment of a licensing fee. The board may further waive the examination, education or experience requirements of this chapter and grant a license to an applicant who shall present proof of current licensure, certification or registration as a dietitian under the laws of another state, the District of Columbia, or territory of the United States, if, in the board's opinion, the educational and experiential qualifications and requirements were substantially equivalent to those required for licensure in this state.    The board may, in its discretion, issue temporary permits to practice dietetics/nutrition to an applicant upon submission of satisfactory evidence that such person:  Has successfully completed the academic and experiential requirements to be licensed as a dietitian/nutritionist;   Has applied for or taken a licensing examination;   Is awaiting notification of examination results; and   Has paid the fee required for temporary permits.     Temporary permits expire one (1) year from the date of issuance and may be renewed for a period not to exceed six (6) months upon submitting to the board a satisfactory explanation of the applicant's failure to become licensed within the one-year term.
TN Code § 63-25-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 25 - Dietetics/nutrition Practice Act|§ 63-25-111. Fees

 For the purpose of implementing this chapter, the board, by duly promulgated rule, shall establish fees for applications, examinations, renewals, reciprocity and other related matters.
TN Code § 63-25-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 25 - Dietetics/nutrition Practice Act|§ 63-25-112. Failure to Renew License or Pay Fee — Revocation and Reinstatement of License

  A licensee who fails to renew the licensee's license and to pay the biannual renewal fee after renewal becomes due shall have the license automatically revoked without further notice of hearing, unless renewal is made and all fees paid prior to the expiration of sixty (60) days from the date such renewal becomes due.   Any person whose license is automatically revoked as provided in this section may have the license reinstated by the board in its discretion for good cause being shown, upon payment of all past-due renewal fees and upon the further payment of a nonrefundable sum as set by the board.
TN Code § 63-25-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 25 - Dietetics/nutrition Practice Act|§ 63-25-113. Retirees

 Any person licensed to practice by this chapter, who has retired or may hereafter retire from such practice in this state, shall not be made to register as required by this chapter if such person files with this 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 such other facts as tend to verify such retirement as the board deems necessary. If such person reengages in such practice in this state, such person shall apply for licensure with the board as provided by this chapter, and shall meet other requirements as may be set by the board.
TN Code § 63-26-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Electrologists Practice Act.”
TN Code § 63-26-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health and includes designees of the commissioner of health;   “Electrologist” means any person practicing electrolysis for the permanent removal of hair;   “Electrology” means the art and practice relating to the removal of hair from the normal skin of the human body by application of an electric current to the hair papilla by means of a needle or needles so as to cause growth inactivity of the hair papilla and thus permanently remove the hair;   “Electrology instructor” means an electrologist who is licensed by the commissioner to practice and teach electrology;   “Electrolysis” means the process by which the hair is removed from the normal skin by the application of an electric current to the hair root by means of a needle or needles, whether the process employs direct electric current or short wave alternating electric current or combination of both, or by FDA approved laser beam process designated for permanent hair removal; and   “School” means an electrology school teaching the art of electrology.
TN Code § 63-26-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-103. Prohibited Practices

  This chapter does not authorize the use of roentgen rays and radium for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, or the use of electricity for purposes of skin cauterization, removal of warts, moles or other skin deformities.   Electronic tweezers or nonneedle methods are prohibited within the practice of electrology, except as provided in this chapter.
TN Code § 63-26-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-106. Personnel

 Subject to appropriations for that purpose, the director of the division of health related boards shall employ and supervise all administrative personnel necessary to conduct the functions of this chapter.
TN Code § 63-26-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-107. Cumulative Deficit of the Board of Electrolysis Examiners — Disposition of Fees — Expenditures

  Any cumulative deficit of the board of electrolysis examiners remaining on June 23, 2009, shall be transferred to the account created in subsection (b) to be eliminated through payment of fees assessed on persons regulated pursuant to this chapter.   All fees collected by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited by the state treasurer in a separate account exclusively for the electrolysis program established in this chapter, and shall be used by the commissioner to defray expenses necessary to administer this chapter. Unexpended and unobligated fees remaining in this account at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall be used to eliminate the cumulative deficit of the board of electrolysis examiners remaining on June 23, 2009. Upon elimination of the deficit, unexpended and unobligated fees remaining in this account shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain available for the purposes set forth in this chapter. Penalties imposed by the commissioner shall be deposited into the state general fund.
TN Code § 63-26-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-108. Powers and Duties of Commissioner of Health

  The commissioner of health shall:  Promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and reasonable for the enforcement of this chapter;   Establish continuing education requirements;   Establish standards for the training and practice of electrolysis;   Maintain a list of all current licensed electrologists, licensed electrolysis schools and training centers, and licensed electrology instructors; and   Adopt a code of ethics governing the practice of electrology by licensees under this chapter.     In no event shall this chapter be interpreted as conferring on the commissioner the authority or jurisdiction to regulate the practice of medicine or osteopathy by persons licensed under chapter 6 or 9 of this title, or to regulate the activities of those persons employed by such licensed physicians, and who perform services under the supervision and control of licensed physicians or osteopaths who have made an evaluation of the patient and who have supervised a diagnostic screening with respect to the patient, unless such employees or agents are holding themselves out to be licensed electrologists. It is the specific intent of the general assembly that the regulation of the practice of medicine or osteopathy falls within the sole and exclusive purview of the licensing boards designated under chapter 6 and 9 of this title. Further, the commissioner shall have no jurisdiction or authority to regulate in any manner the practice of electrology by individuals licensed under chapter 6 or 9 of this title.
TN Code § 63-26-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-109. Setting of Fees

 The commissioner shall set fees for applications, examinations, renewals, reciprocity, school licensure and other related matters.
TN Code § 63-26-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-110. Civil Liability

 A person who acts in good faith shall not be civilly liable for providing information to the commissioner or a designee of the commissioner on any matter relative to the practice of electrolysis. This section shall apply to any person who acts in good faith to provide information to a designee of the commissioner in the course of an investigation of the practice of electrolysis.
TN Code § 63-26-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-111. Qualifications of Applicants

 An applicant for a license to be an electrologist must:   Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;   Be of good moral character;   Have been graduated by an accredited high school or have completed equivalent recognized education;   Have completed an electrology education program that is approved under this chapter, which includes:  At least one hundred fifty (150) hours of electrolysis theory and at least three hundred fifty (350) hours of clinical practice taught by a licensed electrology instructor;   An electrology education program in any other state that the commissioner determines is substantially equivalent to that required by subdivision (4)(A); or     At least six hundred (600) hours of electrology practice taught by a dermatologist approved by the commissioner who has documented continuing education in electrology theory and practice;   Applicants who satisfy the educational requirements for licensure under this subdivision (4)(C) shall be eligible for practice as an electrologist only under the direct supervision and control of a dermatologist approved by the commissioner, and shall receive a limited license that bears an endorsement to that effect, upon passing the state board examination, payment of all prescribed fees and the satisfying of license renewal fees and requirements;   The dermatologist shall notify the commissioner or the commissioner's designee as to each student who begins the training program pursuant to this subdivision (4)(C);   The dermatologist shall also notify the commissioner or the commissioner's designee when an electrologist is no longer under the supervision and control of such dermatologist; and   Hours of training and experience received by applicants after January 1, 1989, may be applied to the experience provisions of this subdivision (4)(C);       Have successfully passed an examination approved by the commissioner;   Have paid all fees required by this chapter; and   Have submitted an application to the commissioner on a prescribed form.
TN Code § 63-26-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-112. Qualifications to Be Instructor

 To be eligible for licensing as an electrology instructor, in addition to the requirements of the registered electrologist, an applicant shall have:   Practiced electrolysis actively for at least five (5) of the last ten (10) years prior to the application;   Successfully passed an examination for an electrology instructor license that consists of written and verbal sections covering theoretical and clinical studies;   Paid an examination fee set by the commissioner; and   Submitted to the commissioner at least thirty (30) days before the examination is administered an approved form for application for license.
TN Code § 63-26-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-113. Examinations

  Examinations for qualified applicants shall be offered at least once a year at the times and places determined by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.   Completed applications for examination must be received by the commissioner thirty (30) days prior to the examination date.   The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall notify each qualified applicant of the time and place of examination.   The commissioner shall select an examination in which the testing and grading systems are recognized as standard in the field of professional licensure examinations.
TN Code § 63-26-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-114. Reexamination

  If a candidate fails a part or parts of an examination, the candidate may retake a failed section of the examination or retake a subsequent examination, after paying the reexamination fee and submitting the commissioner-approved form for reexamination at least thirty (30) days prior to reexamination date.   If, after two (2) attempts, the examination is not passed, the complete examination may be taken again only after the candidate:  Completes an additional electrolysis education program that the commissioner recommends; and   Pays the full examination fee.
TN Code § 63-26-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-115. Licensing Without Examination

  Without the required examination, the commissioner shall approve as a licensed electrologist any person meeting the provisions of § 63-26-111(1)-(3), (6) and (7) and who has actively been engaged in the practice of electrology in this state for a period of six (6) months or more prior to making application for licensure.   Payment of the scheduled registration fee to the commissioner shall accompany an application.    Except as provided in subdivision (c)(2), no electrologist shall be registered by the commissioner to practice without examination, unless a recognized out-of-state license is valid and acceptable.   The commissioner is authorized to register an electrologist to practice in this state without taking the required examination, even if an out-of-state license has not been issued, to a person who provides proof satisfactory to the commissioner that:  The person requesting a license has practiced electrology five (5) years or more in a state that does not require a license for practice; and   The person is a certified electrologist; or   The person requesting a license meets requirements as determined by rules adopted by the commissioner.       The commissioner shall require satisfactory documentation of any prior continuous electrolysis practice.
TN Code § 63-26-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 26 - Electrologists Practice Act|§ 63-26-116. Licensing of Instructors Without Examination

  The commissioner shall approve as a licensed electrology instructor without the required examination any person who meets the waiver requirements in § 63-26-115 and who has taught electrology for at least three (3) consecutive years prior to June 30, 1989.   The commissioner shall require satisfactory documentation of prior continuous teaching in electrology.   Application for an electrology teaching license shall be made on a form provided by the commissioner.   Payment of the scheduled fee for an electrology instructor license shall accompany an application.