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TN Code § 63-9-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-121. Interventional Pain Management

  A physician licensed in this chapter may only practice interventional pain management if the licensee is either:  Board certified through the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS)/American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS) in one of the following medical specialties:  Anesthesiology;   Neuromusculoskeletal medicine;   Orthopedic surgery;   Physical medicine and rehabilitation;   Radiology; or   Any other board certified physician who has completed an ABMS subspecialty board in pain medicine or completed an ACGME-accredited pain fellowship;     A recent graduate of a medical specialty listed in subdivision (a)(1) not yet eligible to apply for AOA or ABPS/AAPS specialty certification; provided, that there is a practice relationship with an osteopathic physician who meets the requirements of subdivision (a)(1) or a physician who meets the requirements of § 63-6-244(a)(1);   A licensee who is not board certified in one of the specialties listed in subdivision (a)(1) but is board certified in a different AOA or ABPS/AAPS specialty and has completed a post-graduate training program in interventional pain management approved by the board;   A licensee who serves as a clinical instructor in pain medicine at an accredited Tennessee medical training program; or   A licensee who has an active pain management practice in a clinic accredited in outpatient interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation by the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities or any successor organization.     For purposes of this section, interventional pain management is the practice of performing invasive procedures involving any portion of the spine, spinal cord, sympathetic nerves of the spine or block of major peripheral nerves of the spine in any setting not licensed under title 68, chapter 11.   The board is authorized to define through rulemaking the scope and length of the practice relationship established in subdivision (a)(2).   An osteopathic physician who provides direct supervision of an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician's assistant pursuant to § 63-7-126 or § 63-19-107 must meet the requirements set forth in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(3).   An osteopathic physician who violates this section is subject to disciplinary action by the board pursuant to § 63-9-111, including, but not limited to, civil penalties of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for every day this section is violated.
TN Code § 63-9-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 9 - Osteopathic Physicians|§ 63-9-123. Maintenance of Licensure or Certification Not Required

  As used in this section:  “Continuing medical education” means continued postgraduate medical education required by the board of osteopathic medical examination intended to provide medical professionals with knowledge of new developments or reinforcement of previously learned information in their field;   “Maintenance of certification” means any process requiring periodic recertification examinations or other activities to maintain specialty medical board certification;   “Maintenance of licensure” means the proprietary framework for physician license renewal established through the Federation of State Medical Boards or its successor organization, which includes additional periodic testing or requirements other than continuing medical education; and   “Specialty medical board certification” means certification by a board that specializes in one (1) particular area of medicine and typically requires additional examinations other than the board of osteopathic examination's requirements to practice medicine.     The board shall not deny a physician licensure based on a physician's non-participation in any form of maintenance of licensure, including requiring any form of maintenance of licensure tied to maintenance of certification. The board's regular requirements, including continuing medical education, demonstrate professional competency.   The board shall not require any form of specialty medical board recertification or any maintenance of certification to practice medicine in this state.
TN Code § 63-14-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 14 - Dispensing Opticians|§ 63-14-102. “Practice of Dispensing Opticians” Defined — Prohibited Practices

  “Practice of dispensing opticians” means the preparation, adaptation and dispensing of lenses, spectacles, eye glasses and optical devices to the intended user thereof on the written prescription of a physician or optometrist duly licensed to practice the physician's or the optometrist's profession and the dispensing of frames as a unit or individually to the intended user thereof.   A person registered under this chapter is specifically prohibited from engaging in the practice of ocular refraction, orthoptics, visual training, prescribing contact lenses or the prescribing of subnormal vision aids or telescopic spectacles.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or permit any dispensing optician to claim to be able to, or to offer, undertake or attempt, by any means or method, to examine or exercise eyes, fit contact lenses or diagnose, treat, correct, relieve, operate or prescribe for any human ailment, deficiency, deformity, disease, injury, pain or physical condition; however, dispensing opticians may fit contact lenses in the presence of and under the direct supervision of a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist.   Nor shall anything in this section or in this chapter be construed to require the licensing of persons, firms or corporations that are wholesale suppliers to opticians, optometrists or ophthalmologists, of lenses, spectacles, eye glasses or optical devices or to prevent such persons, firms or corporations from the preparation of lenses, spectacles, eye glasses or optical devices, defined to be the surfacing, fabrication or finishing of any substance or material used or to be used for the correction of human vision, or the adaptation of such lenses, spectacles, eye glasses or optical devices, defined to be the mounting of such a prepared substance or material to frames or to other devices designed to be worn by the user thereof, as long as such preparation or adaptation is done under the written order of an ophthalmologist or optometrist only and as long as such lenses, spectacles, eye glasses or optical devices so prepared or adapted are delivered directly to an ophthalmologist, optometrist or dispensing optician, and as long as such persons, firms or corporations do not engage in advertising as to the price of either the finished product or any part thereof.
TN Code § 63-14-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 14 - Dispensing Opticians|§ 63-14-104. Revocation or Suspension of License

  It is unlawful for a dispensing optician to act as the agent or representative of any physician or optometrist on any account. The board has the power and it is hereby its duty to suspend for a specified period of time to be determined by the board in its discretion or to revoke or otherwise discipline any person holding a certificate to practice as a dispensing optician in this state whenever the dispensing optician is found guilty of any of the following acts or offenses:  Fraud in procuring a license;   Immoral, unprofessional or dishonorable conduct;   Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of drugs;   Conviction of felony;   Use of comparative statements or claims concerning the professional excellence or abilities of any person or group of persons licensed to practice their profession under the laws of the state;   Failure to renew annual certificate required under §§ 63-14-106 and 63-14-107;   Offering discounts or inducements to prospective patrons by means of coupons or otherwise to perform professional services; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the giving of a discount on either merchandise or services to charitable institutions; or   Division of fees or agreement to split or divide the fee received for professional services with any person for bringing or referring a customer.     An action taken under this section shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the Fresh Start Act that are compiled in chapter 1, part 1 of this title.
TN Code § 63-14-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 14 - Dispensing Opticians|§ 63-14-105. License Not Required for Employees

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed so as to require an employee of a licensed physician or licensed optometrist to secure a license under this chapter or otherwise be subject to this chapter, so long as the employee remains an employee of the licensed physician or the licensed optometrist entitled to practice that profession within this state. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a licensed physician or licensed optometrist from employing a licensed dispensing optician as defined in this chapter.
TN Code § 63-14-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 14 - Dispensing Opticians|§ 63-14-107. Examination — Renewal — Fees

  Each year, each and every licensed dispensing optician shall pay to the secretary-treasurer of the board an annual renewal fee to be fixed by the board. The secretary of the board shall notify the holder of each license that the renewal fee is due, and the failure to pay such renewal fee by any license holder at the expiration of sixty (60) days after the renewal fee was due constitutes a violation of this chapter.   All applicants for licensure shall include with their application a nonrefundable application fee to be set by the board. Applicants who are accepted for examination shall pay an examination fee as set by the board prior to taking the examination, and the examination fee shall be paid in a manner prescribed by the board. Any applicant failing to pass the examination may apply to take a successive examination by submitting to the board a successive application for examination, which shall be accompanied by an examination fee as set by the board. The fee required to be paid by all persons successfully passing the examination shall be fixed annually by the board, and no license or certificate shall be issued until the fee has been fully paid. All such licenses shall be subject to renewal upon the same terms and conditions as prescribed in this chapter with respect to the issuance of original licenses and renewals thereof.   All applicants for apprenticeship shall include with their application a nonrefundable fee, to be set by the board.    Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the division, with the approval of the commissioner, shall establish a system of license renewals at alternative intervals that will allow for the distribution of the license workload as uniformly as is practicable throughout the calendar year. Licenses issued under the alternative method are valid for twenty-four (24) months and shall expire on the last day of the last month of the license period. However, during a transition period, or at any time thereafter when the board determines that the volume of work for any given interval is unduly burdensome or costly, either the licenses or renewals, or both of them, may be issued for terms of not less than six (6) months nor more than eighteen (18) months. The fee imposed for any license under the alternative interval method for a period of other than twenty-four (24) months shall be proportionate to the annual fee and modified in no other manner, except that the proportional fee shall be rounded off to the nearest quarter of a dollar (25¢).   No renewal application will be accepted after the last day of the month following the license expiration date under the alternative method authorized in this subsection (d).
TN Code § 63-14-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 14 - Dispensing Opticians|§ 63-14-108. Disposition of Fees — Board Expenditures and Compensation

  All fees coming into the possession of the board shall be paid by the board to the state treasurer and become a part of the general fund.   The commissioner of finance and administration shall make allotments out of the general fund 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.   Each member of the board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per diem expenses when actually engaged in the discharge of each member's official duties and all legitimate and necessary expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the board. 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 § 63-14-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 14 - Dispensing Opticians|§ 63-14-109. Secretary — Investigators — Administrative Support

   The secretary shall keep an accurate record of the minutes of the meetings of the board and shall keep an accurate and complete register showing the names and addresses of all persons to whom licenses or certificates to practice as dispensing opticians have been issued by the board.   The secretary of the board shall be paid a salary not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per year, in addition to per diem and mileage allowances and necessary expenses as fixed and approved by the board. 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.     The board will employ such investigators as are deemed necessary to effectually carry out this chapter and shall be represented by the attorney named to represent the state regulatory and registration boards.   The board shall receive administrative support from the division of health related boards in the department of health, referred to as the “division” in this chapter.
TN Code § 63-14-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 14 - Dispensing Opticians|§ 63-14-110. Penalties

   Any person who practices as a dispensing optician as defined in this chapter without first complying with this chapter or who violates any of this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.   Each time any person practices as a dispensing optician without meeting all the requirements of this chapter and of any other law, a compliance with which may hereafter be prescribed as a condition precedent to the practice of such profession, constitutes a separate offense.   All fines for offenses for the violation of this chapter shall be paid over to the board and shall be paid to the state treasurer as all other funds received by the board.     Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as applying to physicians or optometrists licensed under the laws of this state to practice their professions, nor shall such licensed physicians or optometrists be subject to the jurisdiction of the board created by this chapter.
TN Code § 63-14-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 14 - Dispensing Opticians|§ 63-14-111. Suspension or Revocation of License — Injunction

  The board of dispensing opticians may suspend or revoke the license of, or otherwise discipline, any dispensing optician who is found guilty by the board of the violation of this chapter or of the code of ethics and standards of practice for dispensing opticians established by the board in accordance with this chapter; provided, that in all proceedings for suspension or revocation of license, the holder of the license is given fifteen (15) days' notice of the charges made against the holder and is entitled to be heard in person, by counsel, or both.   The penalty for first violations of § 63-14-103(g)-(i) is suspension of the offender's license for a period of time to be set by the board after a proper hearing. A second suspension may be grounds for revocation of the license by the board.   The board is thereby authorized to proceed in any of the courts of this state by injunction to restrain any continued violation of this chapter or of any rule or regulation of the code of ethics and standards of practice for dispensing opticians legally adopted or established by the board in accordance with this chapter. Any dispensing optician whose license is suspended or revoked under this chapter has the right to a review in the circuit or chancery court of the county in which such dispensing optician resides or has a place of business, in the manner provided by title 27, chapter 9.
TN Code § 63-16-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 16 - Nursing Home Administrators|§ 63-16-101. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the board of examiners for nursing home administrators;   “Division” means the division of health related boards in the department of health;   “Nursing home” means any institution or facility defined as such pursuant to Tennessee state law or the rules and regulations for nursing homes promulgated by the department. “Nursing home” applies equally to Christian Science sanatoria and services therein;   “Nursing home administrator” means any individual responsible for planning, organizing, directing or controlling the operation of a nursing home or who in fact performs such functions, whether or not such functions are shared by one (1) or more other people;   “Practice of nursing home administration” means the planning, organizing, directing or controlling the operation of a nursing home; and   “Single state agency” means the department of health.
TN Code § 63-16-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 16 - Nursing Home Administrators|§ 63-16-103. Duties of the Board

 It is the function and duty of the board to:   Develop, impose and enforce standards that must be met by individuals in order to receive a license as a nursing home administrator, which standards are designed to ensure that nursing home administrators are individuals who are of good character and otherwise suitable and who, by training or experience in the field of institutional administration, are qualified to serve as nursing home administrators;   Develop and apply appropriate techniques, including examinations and investigations, for determining whether an individual meets such standards;   Issue a license to individuals determined, after the application of such techniques, to meet such standards and authorize the state licensing board to revoke or suspend licenses previously issued in any case where the individual holding any such license is determined by the board to have substantially failed to conform to the requirements of such standards;   Establish and carry out procedures designed to ensure that individuals licensed as nursing home administrators will, during any period that they serve as such, comply with the requirements of such standards;   Receive, investigate and take appropriate action with respect to any charge or complaint filed with the board to the effect that any individual licensed as a nursing home administrator has failed to comply with the requirements of such standards;   Conduct a continuing study and investigation of nursing homes and administrators of nursing homes within the state with a view to the improvement of standards imposed for the licensing of such administrators and of procedures and methods for the enforcement of such standards with respect to administrators of nursing homes who have been licensed as such;   Conduct or cause to be conducted courses of instruction and training sufficient to meet the requirements of this chapter. In lieu thereof, the board may approve courses conducted by other groups or organizations;   Have the authority to adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations necessary for the proper performance of its duties; and   The single state agency has the authority to receive and disburse federal funds pursuant to § 1908(e)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396g(e)(1)).
TN Code § 63-16-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 16 - Nursing Home Administrators|§ 63-16-104. Qualifications for Licensure

   An applicant for a license shall submit evidence of good moral character and suitability prescribed by the board and that the applicant:  Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;   Is a citizen of the United States or legally in this country;   Has completed preliminary education satisfactory to the board; and   Has paid a nonrefundable application fee as set annually by the board no later than fifty (50) days in advance of the next scheduled examination.     Such applicant, upon notification by the board that the applicant has fulfilled the requirements for admission and upon payment of an examination fee as set annually by the board shall be admitted to the examination.   No applicant for license as a nursing home administrator shall be admitted to such licensing examination, nor be entitled to a license or to be certified to the state licensing board for issuance of a license as a nursing home administrator, unless the applicant has graduated from a high school or secondary school approved by the state in which the school is located or has submitted a certificate indicating that the applicant has obtained high school or secondary school equivalency, such certificate being duly certified by state educational authorities.     The board has the authority to grant a temporary license, not to exceed six (6) months, to an individual applying for licensure to fill a position of nursing home administrator that unexpectedly becomes vacant. To receive a temporary license, the individual must either be licensed in another state or meet the majority of the board's standards for licensure. If the individual holding a temporary license must take the board required examination to be fully licensed and fails to achieve the required scores, the temporary license shall be revoked.
TN Code § 63-16-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 16 - Nursing Home Administrators|§ 63-16-105. Examination for License

  The board shall determine the subjects of examination for applicants for licensure as nursing home administrators. The board shall also determine the scope, content and format of such an examination, which in any examination shall be the same for all candidates; however, all examinations must include testing of the applicant's proficiency in the rules and regulations of health and safety.   Any applicant having failed to achieve a passing grade, score or level of proficiency as determined by the board on such examination is not prohibited from taking successive examinations; provided, that such applicant pays the examination fee set by the board pursuant to § 63-16-104 for each successive examination.
TN Code § 63-16-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 16 - Nursing Home Administrators|§ 63-16-106. License Issuance and Registration

  An applicant for a license as a nursing home administrator shall be certified to the division for issuance of a license certifying that the applicant has met the requirements of the law, rules and regulations entitling the applicant to practice as a nursing home administrator who has:  Complied with the requirements of § 63-16-104 and the standards provided in § 63-16-104; and   Passed the examination provided for in § 63-16-105.     The license must be registered annually as required by the state licensing board pursuant to § 63-1-107.