Title 63, Professions Of The Healing Arts

(a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations to regulate the nature, manner, content and extent of advertising by practitioners who are under the jurisdiction of such board. (b) If advertising is permitted, all methods must be allowed: newspaper, radio and television.

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.

After the board has revoked the license of any person for any of the grounds specified in §§ 63-6-214 and 63-6-215, such person shall not thereafter practice medicine or surgery in the state, and for each and every instance of such practice the person commits a Class B misdemeano…

(a) This section shall be known and cited as the “Good Samaritan Law.” (b) Any person, including those licensed to practice medicine and surgery and including any person licensed or certified to render service ancillary thereto, or any member of a volunteer first aid, rescue or e…

(a) No person shall use or assume the title “registered surgical assistant” unless such person is registered with the board as a registered surgical assistant. (b) The board shall register as a registered surgical assistant any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that th…

(a) Physicians may treat juvenile drug abusers without prior parental consent. (b) A physician may use the physician's own discretion in determining whether to notify the juvenile's parents of such treatment.

(a) For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Board” means the board of medical examiners;(2) “Level II office-based surgery” means Level II surgery, as defined by the board of medical examiners in its rules and regulations, that is performed ou…

(a) Any licensed physician may perform emergency medical or surgical treatment on a minor, despite the absence of parental consent or court order, where such physician has a good faith belief that delay in rendering emergency care would, to a reasonable degree of medical certaint…

(a) Any person licensed to practice medicine, including those persons rendering service pursuant to § 63-6-204, may, for the purpose of providing prenatal care, examine, diagnose and treat a minor without the knowledge or consent of the parents or legal guardian of the minor and …

(a) The board has, in regard to operators of X-ray equipment and machines in physician offices, the authority by rule to:(1) Establish and issue limited X-ray certifications to qualified individuals in the areas of densitometry, chest, extremities, skull, sinus, and spine;(2) Est…

(a) It is an offense for any licensed physician or surgeon to divide or to agree to divide any fee or compensation of any sort received or charged in the practice of medicine or surgery with any person without the knowledge and consent of the person paying the fee or compensation…

(a) Any person who violates § 63-6-225 shall also forfeit and pay treble the value of the fee or compensation to the person applying the same or against whom the fee may be charged, or from whom it may have been demanded, and if the party entitled to sue does not sue within two (…

The license of any physician or surgeon who is convicted of a violation of § 63-6-225 may, upon the first conviction, and shall, upon any subsequent conviction, be adjudged to be cancelled and annulled by the court before which the conviction may be and, without further trial or …

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Community Health Management Information System Law of 1993.” (b) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Collected data” means health care data consisting of all information, interviews…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the absence or unavailability of a spouse, any minor is authorized and empowered to consent for such minor's child, either orally or otherwise, to any surgical or medical treatment or procedures not prohibited by law …

The board of medical examiners shall establish by rule an inactive license category that allows physicians to perform services without compensation only for those persons receiving services from organizations that have received a determination of exemption under § 501(c)(3) of th…

(a) The transfer of patient medical information to a person in another state who is not licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the state of Tennessee, using any electronic, telephonic or fiber optic means or by any other method, constitutes the practice of medicine or ost…

All disciplinary complaints filed against a chelation therapist shall be judged by the standard of medical care in the community where such complaint originated.

(a) Any person licensed to practice medicine in this state shall complete continuing medical education as required by the board of medical examiners. The board of medical examiners may establish waivers from such continuing medical education requirements and exemptions for certai…

(1) A physician serving as a United States public health service commissioned officer who is trained as a national health service corps ready responder shall be authorized to practice medicine at federally qualified health centers while pursuing licensure as provided in this part…

(a) A physician licensed pursuant to this chapter under a special volunteer license who is a medical practitioner, as defined by § 63-1-201, engaged in practice at a free health clinic shall not be subject to license fees under this chapter. The board of medical examiners may iss…

(a) Any handwritten prescription order for a drug prepared by a physician or surgeon 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…

(a) In addition to the practice permitted by [former] § 63-6-902 [repealed], a radiologist may utilize the services of a radiologist assistant to practice radiology assistance under the supervision of such radiologist to the extent not prohibited by [former] § 63-6-902 [repealed]…

Psychiatrists are not required to notify patients that were treated by them at community mental health centers, as defined in § 33-1-101, of their departure from such community mental health centers. Patient records shall remain with the community mental health centers. The trans…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Human cells, tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products”:(A) Means articles containing or consisting of human cells or tissues that are intended for implantation, transplantation, infusion, or transfer into a human recipient; and(B) Does not in…

(a) (1) The general assembly finds that a person who is licensed to practice medicine in this state and who is required to register with the Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) as a sexual offender or violent sexual offender is injurious to the public safety, health and welfa…

(1) If a treating physician orders toxicology testing in the following circumstances, then the toxicology testing must include testing for the presence of Kratom:(1) Suspected drug overdose; or(2) Suspected neonatal abstinence syndrome. (1) Suspected drug overdose; or (2) Suspect…

(a) Any medical doctor licensed pursuant to this chapter who has reason to believe that an employee or contractor of the doctor or the doctor's firm, partnership or corporation has used the doctor's federal drug enforcement administration (DEA) registration number without authori…

(a) (1) “Hormone replacement therapy clinic” or “hormone therapy clinic” means a medical office in which the clinicians are primarily engaged in hormone replacement or supplementation therapy or a medical office which holds itself out to the public as being primarily or substanti…

(a) A physician licensed pursuant to this chapter may only practice interventional pain management if the licensee is either:(1) Board certified through the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS)/American Association of …

(a) As used in this section, “physician” means an individual authorized by this chapter to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery pursuant to chapter 9 of this title. (b) If a physician has determined, after a mammogram is performed, that a patient has …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Continuing medical education” means continued postgraduate medical education required by the board of medical examiners intended to provide medical professionals with knowledge of new developments or reinforcement of previously learned information…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Asthma” means a respiratory condition marked by coughing, wheezing, or shortness of breath often triggered by allergies, exercise, or irritants;(2) “Authorized entity”:(A) Means an entity that may, at any time, have allergens present that are capa…

(a) The board of medical examiners may issue to an eligible physician or medical graduate from a foreign country or foreign territory a short-term visitor clinical training license for a period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days. (b) To be eligible for a short-term visitor cl…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Phil Timp-Amanda Wilcox Right to Try Act.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Advanced illness” means a progressive disease or medical or surgical condition that entails significant functional impairment, that is not considered by a treating physician to be reversible even with administra…

(a) A manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device may make available, and an eligible patient may request, the manufacturer's investigational drug, biological product, or device under this part; provided, that this part does not require that a manufactu…

(a) This part does not expand the coverage required of an insurer under title 56, chapter 7. (b) A health plan, third-party administrator, or governmental agency may, but is not required to, provide coverage for the cost of an investigational drug, biological product, or device, …

If a patient dies while being treated by an investigational drug, biological product, or device, the patient's heirs are not liable for any outstanding debt related to the treatment or lack of insurance due to the treatment.

A licensing board or disciplinary subcommittee shall not revoke, fail to renew, suspend, or take any action against a healthcare provider's license issued under this title, based solely on the healthcare provider's recommendations to an eligible patient regarding access to or tre…

An official, employee, or agent of this state shall not block or attempt to block an eligible patient's access to an investigational drug, biological product, or device. The rendering of counseling, advice, or a recommendation consistent with medical standards of care from a lice…

(a) This part does not create a private cause of action against a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device or against any other person or entity involved in the care of an eligible patient using the investigational drug, biological product, or device…

If a patient suffers an adverse event associated with the use of an investigational drug, biological product, or device, the patient's physician shall report the adverse event to the manufacturer of the investigational drug, biological product, or device.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.”

INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact is enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to stren…

This part shall be known as the “Physicians' Conflict of Interest Disclosure Act of 1991.”