Title 63, Professions Of The Healing Arts

(a) All fees and moneys from whatever source coming into the hands of the board shall be paid by the board to the state treasurer and become a part of the general fund. (b) The commissioner of finance and administration shall make allotments out of the general fund for the proper…

(1) The board has the powers and duties, in addition to powers and duties granted to or imposed upon it by the other sections of this chapter, to:(1) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary to govern its proceedings and carry into effect the purpose of this…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to practice or attempt to practice podiatry in this state unless such person has been issued a valid and current license to practice podiatry by this board as provided by this chapter. (b) If any person uses any name or title that would designate…

This chapter shall not apply to the commissioned physicians and surgeons of the United States army, navy, air force, space force, or marine hospital service in the actual performance of their official duties, nor to physicians and surgeons or to osteopathic physicians and surgeon…

(a) Any person desiring an academic license to participate in a residency program shall:(1) Apply on a form prescribed by the board or via online application for an academic license;(2) Pay a fee as determined by the board; and(3) Have a residency program accepted by the board ce…

No person shall be entitled to take any examination for a license unless that person furnishes the board with satisfactory proof that the person is at least eighteen (18) years of age, is of good moral character and has graduated from a college of podiatric medicine which is accr…

(a) (1) The board may conduct examinations at such times and places as it may designate.(2) Examinations shall be in the English language, written and clinical, and shall include subjects of histology, surgery, hygiene, dermatology, anatomy, physiology, chemistry, bacteriology, p…

An applicant who fails to pass an examination satisfactory to the board, and is therefore refused a license, is entitled, within six (6) months after such refusal, to a reexamination upon payment of an additional fee as set annually by the board for each such reexamination.

(a) If an applicant successfully passes the examination provided by this chapter and meets all of the requirements of this chapter, the board shall direct the division to issue the applicable license. (b) (1) When the board receives a completed application for initial licensure f…

(a) The board, in its discretion, may waive the examination required by § 63-3-109(c)(3) and may issue a license to any applicant who holds or possesses a valid license to practice podiatry in another state; provided, that the requirements for licensure in such state are, in the …

(a) Each person licensed to practice as a podiatrist in this state shall biennially apply to the board for renewal of the person's license and shall pay a renewal fee set by the board. A podiatrist who fails to renew the license by the date of expiration of the license shall not …

(a) As a condition of the biennial renewal of a podiatrist license, every licensed podiatrist must obtain at least fifteen (15) hours of continuing medical education each calendar year in programs approved by the board. The only basis upon which a podiatrist may seek an exemption…

Licensed podiatrists shall observe and be subject to all state and municipal regulations relating to the control of contagious and infectious diseases and all matters pertaining to public health, making reports to proper health officers in the same manner as other practitioners o…

A physician assistant collaborating with a licensed podiatrist shall not provide services that are outside of the scope of practice of a podiatrist as set forth in § 63-3-101 and may prescribe only drugs that are rational to the practice of podiatry. An orthopedic physician assis…

(a) The board has the duty and authority to suspend for a specified time, within the discretion of the board or to revoke any license to practice podiatry or to otherwise discipline any licensee or refuse to grant any certificate of fitness whenever the licensee or applicant is f…

All proceedings for disciplinary action against a licensee under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

(a) The board, in addition to the powers and duties expressly granted by this chapter in the matter of suspension or revocation of a license and in the matter of the refusal to issue a certificate, is authorized and empowered to petition any circuit or chancery court, having juri…

(a) The board at all times has the power to call upon the district attorneys general for the state in the various districts to assist the board. (b) It is hereby declared to be the duty of all district attorneys general throughout the state to assist the board, upon its request, …

(a) (1) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.(2) Upon being convicted of any violation of any provision of this chapter, any person who again violates any of the provisions of this chapter commits a Class E felony. (1) Any person who…

No part or portion of this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the usual and customary commercial sale and adjustment of foot appliances and remedies or shoes in retail stores.

(a) (1) The board shall adopt rules and regulations that establish minimum educational standards and criteria for persons operating X-ray equipment for diagnostic purposes in podiatrist offices.(2) These regulations may include, but not be limited to, provisions for grandfatherin…

(a) The board shall promulgate rules governing the assessment of costs against a licensee or other person found by the board to have violated any provision of this chapter. The costs assessed by the board may include only those costs directly related to the prosecution of the cha…

(a) Any handwritten prescription order for a drug prepared by a podiatrist who is authorized by law to prescribe a drug must be legible so that it is comprehensible by the pharmacist who fills the prescription. The handwritten prescription order must contain the name of the presc…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Board” means the board that licenses and regulates podiatrists in Tennessee in part 1 of this chapter;(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health;(3) “Custom fabricated and fitted device” means an orthos…

(a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations, promulgated in compliance with all requirements of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to:(1) Establish licensure categories and issue licenses for prosthetists, orthotists and pedorthists;(2)…

(a) Licenses shall be issued and renewed by the board pursuant to the division's biennial issuance and renewal system. (b) Any person who has been issued a license to practice under this part and who wishes to retire that license shall file with the board an affidavit, on a form …

(a) The board shall have the power to:(1) Deny, restrict or condition a license;(2) Permanently or temporarily withhold issuance of a license;(3) Suspend, limit or restrict a previously issued license, for such time and in such manner as the board may determine;(4) Reprimand, sus…

(a) On and after January 1, 2008, no person shall practice orthotics, prosthetics or pedorthics in this state, or hold out as being able to practice either profession, or dispense an orthosis, prosthesis or pedorthic device, unless such person is licensed in accordance with the r…

A licensed orthotist, prosthetist or pedorthist may provide care or services only if the care or services are provided pursuant to an order from a licensed health care practitioner authorized to issue such an order.

(a) The scope of practice of a licensed orthotist, prosthetist or pedorthist shall not include the right to diagnose a medical problem or condition or the right to give medical advice as to the nature, cause or treatment for the problem or condition for which the orthotic, prosth…

(a) Nothing in this part or in the rules adopted by the board pursuant to this part shall be interpreted to limit or restrict a health care practitioner licensed under this title from engaging in the full scope of practice of such person's profession, training or services. Nothin…

(1) Nothing in this part shall be construed to restrict:(1) The practice of orthotics, prosthetics or pedorthics by a person who is employed by the federal government or any bureau, division or agency of the federal government while in the discharge of the employee's official dut…

(a) 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 h…

(a) 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 con…

(a) 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 o…

(a) 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. (b) That person's term of office on the board shall be three (3) year…

(1) A licensed orthotist or prosthetist may utilize one (1) or more non-licensed persons to assist in:(1) The performance of minor repairs on devices which have been previously dispensed to patients; and(2) The performance of other tasks approved by the board of podiatric medical…