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TN Code § 63-3-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 3 - Podiatrists|Part 2 - Tennessee Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act of 2005|§ 63-3-210. Violation of Part

  Any person who practices in this state without having first complied with this part commits a Class C misdemeanor; provided, however, that, for a period of one (1) year after January 1, 2006, an offense under this section shall only result in a warning and such person shall have thirty (30) days to comply with this part.   The board of registration in podiatry shall inform persons to be regulated by this part of the regulations to be imposed by this part.
TN Code § 63-3-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 3 - Podiatrists|Part 2 - Tennessee Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act of 2005|§ 63-3-211. Injunction — Jurisdiction

  The board is authorized to petition any circuit or chancery court having jurisdiction over any person who is practicing without a license, or to whom a license has been denied or whose license has been suspended or revoked by action of the board to enjoin such person from continuing to practice within this state.   Jurisdiction is conferred upon the circuit and chancery courts of this state to hear and determine all such causes and to exercise full and complete jurisdiction in such injunctive proceedings.
TN Code § 63-3-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 3 - Podiatrists|Part 2 - Tennessee Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act of 2005|§ 63-3-212. Screening Panels in Investigative and Disciplinary Process

  The board may utilize one (1) or more screening panels in its investigative and disciplinary process, to assure that complaints filed and investigations conducted are meritorious and to act as a mechanism for resolution of complaints or diversion to professional peer review organizations or impaired professionals' associations or foundations of those cases that the board, through established guidelines, deems appropriate.   The screening panel has the authority to administer oaths to witnesses.   Members of a screening panel may be drawn from the membership of the board or may be appointed by the board. Nonboard members shall meet the requirements of membership on the board and may include a consumer member. A board member serving on a panel shall not participate in a contested case involving any matter heard by the panel.
TN Code § 63-3-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 3 - Podiatrists|Part 2 - Tennessee Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act of 2005|§ 63-3-213. Appointments to the Board

  To assist in the implementation and administration of this part, the governor shall initially appoint to the board one (1) person who is eligible for licensure as an orthotist, or prosthetist or pedorthist.   That person's term of office on the board shall be three (3) years. Upon expiration of that person's term, the governor shall appoint a person licensed under this part to fill this position on the board.   A person may serve more than one (1) term in this position on the board.   The governor may remove this member of the board from office for neglect of duties, malfeasance in office, incompetence or professional misconduct.   The governor may fill a vacancy in this position upon the member's resignation or death.   In making appointments to this position on the board, the governor shall consider persons recommended by the professional organization of orthotists, prosthetists and pedorthists in Tennessee.   The person filling this position on the board shall receive the same per diem and reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses that is received by other members of the board.   The person filling this position shall have the right to vote on all matters considered by the board.
TN Code § 63-3-214 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 3 - Podiatrists|Part 2 - Tennessee Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act of 2005|§ 63-3-214. Use of Non-Licensed Persons

 A licensed orthotist or prosthetist may utilize one (1) or more non-licensed persons to assist in:   The performance of minor repairs on devices which have been previously dispensed to patients; and   The performance of other tasks approved by the board of podiatric medical examiners.
TN Code § 63-6-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 1 - Board of Medical Examiners|§ 63-6-101. Creation — Composition — Administrative Support

   There shall be a board to be known as the board of medical examiners, referred to in this chapter as the “board,” to consist of twelve (12) members. Nine (9) members shall be duly licensed physicians, each of whom must meet the following qualifications:  Graduation from a medical school whose curriculum is substantially similar to, and whose educational standards are as high as that of, the medical department of the University of Tennessee, as published at the time of its extant catalogue; and   Not less than six (6) years experience in the practice of either medicine or surgery or both.     Three (3) members shall be nonphysicians who are consumers of health care and who neither own nor have any financial or other interest in any health care facility or business or school of medicine or other allied health care practitioner educational program and who shall represent the public at large.   It shall be the board's duty to examine the qualifications of all applicants for certification of fitness to practice medicine or surgery in this state, to conduct disciplinary hearings, and to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out and make effective this chapter. Any rules and regulations promulgated by the board shall comply with all requirements of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. No member shall be employed by or be a member of the governing body of, or have a financial interest in, any medical school, college or university of the state or of any school, college or university in which allied health care practitioners who are under the regulation of the board receive their qualifying education.   The board is authorized to issue advisory private letter rulings to any affected licensee who makes such a request regarding any matters within the board's primary jurisdiction. Such private letter ruling shall only affect the licensee making such inquiry and shall have no precedential value for any other inquiry or future contested case to come before the board. Any dispute regarding a private letter ruling may, if the board chooses to do so, be resolved pursuant to the declaratory order provisions of § 4-5-223.     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 § 63-6-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 1 - Board of Medical Examiners|§ 63-6-102. Appointment — Terms — Vacancies — Removal

    The members of the board shall be appointed by the governor for terms of five (5) years' duration, which terms shall commence on May 1 and expire on April 30, five (5) years thereafter. All board members subsequently added to the board after May 2, 1993, shall be appointed so as to serve staggered terms of from one (1) to four (4) years, with one (1) member appointed to a one-year term, the second member appointed to a two-year term, the third member appointed to a three-year term, and the fourth member appointed to serve a four-year term.   The members appointed by the governor in 1988 shall be appointed as follows:   One (1) member shall be appointed to a one-year term expiring on April 30, 1989;   One (1) member shall be appointed to a two-year term expiring on April 30, 1990;   One (1) member shall be appointed to a three-year term expiring on April 30, 1991;   One (1) member shall be appointed to a four-year term expiring on April 30, 1992; and   One (1) member shall be appointed to a five-year term expiring on April 30, 1993.       Members of the board shall, upon expiration of their terms of office, be eligible for reappointment to successive terms.   In making appointments to the board, the governor shall give due regard to the geographic distribution of the membership of the board to assure, to the extent feasible, that all grand divisions of the state are adequately represented on the board.   Board members may be selected from lists of qualified persons submitted to the governor by interested medical groups including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Medical Association. The governor shall consult with such groups to determine qualified persons to fill the positions on the board.     All vacancies occurring on the board by reason of death or resignation shall be filled by the board itself for the unexpired term.   In making appointments to the board, the governor shall, to the extent feasible, strive to ensure the full twelve-member board is composed of at least one (1) person who is sixty (60) years of age or older, one (1) person who is female and one (1) person who is an African-American.   When a board member is absent without excuse from the board business portion of three (3) meetings within any twelve-month period of time, that member shall, after formal action by the board, be removed from office by the governor. A new member shall be appointed by the governor to serve out the remaining term of the member being replaced. An absence shall be deemed excused if it is caused by a health problem or condition verified in writing by a physician or by an accident or similar unforeseen tragedy or event immediately prior to or during the board meeting.
TN Code § 63-6-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 1 - Board of Medical Examiners|§ 63-6-103. Officers — Quorum

  The board is authorized to elect from its own members a president and secretary and to create such other officers as may be necessary for its efficient operations.   For purposes of conducting administrative business and promulgating rules and regulations, seven (7) members shall constitute a quorum, and the board shall meet at least twice a year to conduct such administrative business. A majority vote of the members present at the business meetings shall be required to authorize board action on any board business. For purposes of contested case hearings and disciplinary matters, three (3) or more members shall constitute a quorum; and the board president is authorized, when it is deemed necessary, to split the board into panels of three (3) or more, each to conduct contested case hearings or disciplinary matters. A majority vote of the members present on any duly constituted panel shall be required to authorize board action in disciplinary matters and contested case hearings. The board president shall have the authority to appoint board members to serve, as necessary, on the panels regardless of the grand division from which the appointed member was chosen or the member's status as a physician or nonphysician member. The existence of a nonphysician board member creates no rights in any individual concerning the composition of any panel in any disciplinary matter or contested case hearing. Notwithstanding § 4-5-314(e) to the contrary, unavailability of a member of any panel before rendition of a final order shall not require substitution of another member unless the unavailability results in there being less than the quorum required by this section for contested case hearings or disciplinary matters. Any substitute required shall use any existing record and may conduct any further proceedings as is necessary in the interest of justice.
TN Code § 63-6-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 1 - Board of Medical Examiners|§ 63-6-104. Meetings — Compensation — Disposition of Receipts — Operating Expenses

  All regular meetings of the board shall be held upon the call of the president.    The members of the board shall be entitled to a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day's service in attending meetings of the board, as provided in this section, and for conducting examinations for professional certificates and other administrative functions of the board and necessary expenses for traveling and subsistence while attending such meetings. 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 shall pay all money received by it 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, and no expenditure 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 this state.
TN Code § 63-6-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 1 - Board of Medical Examiners|§ 63-6-105. Online Registry for Medical Spas — Annual Fee Authorized

  The board of medical examiners, in consultation with the board of osteopathic examination, shall establish and maintain an online registry for medical spas as defined in § 63-1-153, and, notwithstanding § 63-1-153, the registry shall include any physician-owned practice that advertises or holds itself out as a medical spa or a physician-owned practice that primarily engages in the performance of elective cosmetic medical services. The online registry shall include, at a minimum, the following information:  The name and physical address of the medical spa;   The name of the medical director or supervising physician, the medical license number of the director or supervising physician, and the designation as a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy; and   Certification information of the medical director or supervising physician as required by § 63-1-153(b) and (c).     Any medical director or supervising physician who is responsible for or supervises a medical spa shall provide the board of medical examiners or the board of osteopathic examination with the information described in subsection (a); provided, that the medical director or supervising physician for a medical spa in existence prior to January 1, 2017, shall submit the required information to the appropriate board prior to that date.   The board of medical examiners and the board of osteopathic examination shall post, in conspicuous size and type, notice of the requirements of this section on the website of each board.   In order to offset the cost of implementing this section, the board of medical examiners, in consultation with the board of osteopathic examination, is authorized to promulgate rules to set an annual fee to be assessed on medical spas that are listed on the online registry.
TN Code § 63-6-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 63-6-201. License Requirements

  No person shall practice medicine in any of its departments within this state unless and until such person has obtained a license from the board created by § 63-6-101. The provisions in this chapter with reference to obtaining a license from the board do not apply to any person who on July 1, 1947, was duly and regularly licensed by law to practice medicine in any of its branches in this state.    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions visiting medical faculty licensed in a country other than the United States and employed full time by a college or university operating an accredited medical school in Tennessee are exempt from the requirement of a license; provided, that the visiting faculty member is a graduate of a medical school, a recognized medical authority approved by the board and the practice of the visiting faculty member is limited to and is incidental to the visiting faculty member's employment at an accredited medical school in Tennessee. Such person is entitled to engage in private practice; provided, that the person enrolls and satisfactorily participates in a three-year residency program approved by the board. No physician authorized under this subsection (b) to engage in private practice shall continue to engage in private practice of any form after a period of three (3) years unless such person meets all the requirements of licensure set forth in § 63-6-207.   It is the responsibility of the dean of the medical school to apply to the board for an exemption for each such visiting faculty member. Such application for exemption shall be filed annually, and an individual applicant may not receive an exemption for a period in excess of two (2) years. It is also the responsibility of the above-named dean to notify the board upon termination of a visiting faculty member's responsibilities.   The board may impose a fee to accompany each application for exemption.
TN Code § 63-6-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 63-6-202. Unlawful Activities of Itinerant Physicians or Vendors — Penalties

  It is unlawful for any itinerant physician or vendor of any drug, nostrum, ointment or application of any kind intended for treatment of disease or injury to sell or apply the same or for such itinerant physician or vendor, by writing, printing or other methods, to profess to cure or treat diseases or deformity by any drug, nostrum, manipulation or other expedient in this state.    A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.   Each violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.
TN Code § 63-6-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 63-6-203. Penalties

   Any person who practices medicine or surgery in this state without having first complied with the provisions of this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor for each instance of such practice.   Each time any person practices medicine or surgery without first obtaining a valid certificate or renewing a certificate constitutes a separate offense.   Any person filing or attempting to file as the person's own a diploma or license of another or a forged affidavit of identification commits a Class E felony.     All fines for offenses under this chapter shall be paid over to the board to constitute a part of the funds of the board to be paid into the state treasury.
TN Code § 63-6-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 63-6-205. Practice of Naturopathy

  It is unlawful for any person to practice naturopathy in this state.   “Naturopathy” means nature cure or health by natural methods and is defined as the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human injuries, ailments and disease by the use of such physical forces as air, light, water, vibration, heat, electricity, hydrotherapy, psychotherapy, dietetics or massage and the administration of botanical and biological drugs.   In no event shall naturopathy mean the sale of herbs or natural health information exchanges provided as a service so long as:  The sale or provision of information exchanges is not conducted for the purpose of the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of any physical ailment or physical injury to or deformity of another; and   In any instance involving natural health information exchanges, the seller obtains a signed acknowledgement from the buyer that the seller is neither a licensed practitioner of the healing arts in this state, nor meets the recognized qualification criteria that would allow the provision of any form of diagnosis, treatment recommendation or medical care in this state. For the purposes of meeting the requirements of this section, the seller shall keep the signed acknowledgement from the buyer on file for a period of three (3) years.     A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.   This section does not apply to persons who comply with the regulatory laws of the state with respect to the practice of the various healing arts.
TN Code § 63-6-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 63-6-206. Penalty for Unlawful Issuance of Licenses

  It is a Class B misdemeanor, and disqualifies for office, for the board to issue a license to any person except as prescribed in this chapter. Should the board be so disqualified, the governor shall appoint a new board in full as provided in this chapter.   In no event shall the negligent issuance of a license result in criminal prosecution under this chapter.
TN Code § 63-6-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts|Chapter 6 - Medicine and Surgery|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 63-6-209. Issue of Licenses

  Licenses shall be issued promptly by the division as directed by the board after the board determines that an applicant has met all licensure criteria or qualifications and successfully passed the examination. The board shall also issue to such applicant a certificate of registration signed by the administrator of the health related boards, which certificate shall recite that the person is duly registered for the years specified.   The board also has the authority to issue locum tenens and/or conditional licenses as it deems appropriate after reviewing the qualifications of applicants. In addition to the authority granted the board in § 63-6-214, the board has the authority to issue restricted licenses and special licenses based upon licensure to another state for the limited purpose of authorizing the practice of telemedicine to current applicants or current licensees, or both, as it deems necessary, pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.   Any certificate of registration issued by the board shall contain the name of the person to whom it is issued, the address of the person, the date and number of the license and such other information as the board deems necessary. The address contained on this certificate of registration shall be the address of the licensee where all correspondence and renewal forms from the board shall be sent during the two (2) years for which the certificate of registration has been issued and shall be the address deemed sufficient for purposes of service of process.   Any licensee whose address changes from the address contained on the registration certificate shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, notify the board of the address change.