Title 63, Professions Of The Healing Arts

(a) The board shall subject all applicants to an examination in the subjects of diagnosis, surgery, gynecology, obstetrics and such other subjects as the board may require. The board may, in its discretion, conduct its own written examination or administer a national examination.…

(a) Upon the issuance of a certificate of fitness by the board and the issuance of a license and a certificate of registration by the division as provided in chapter 1 of this title, the person receiving the same shall be entitled to practice in any county of this state osteopath…

(a) (1) Every registered osteopathic physician shall annually pay a renewal fee as set by the board; provided, that satisfactory evidence is presented to the board that such licensee in the year preceding the application for renewal successfully completed the required number of h…

(a) Osteopathic physicians shall observe and be subject to all state and municipal regulations relating to:(1) The control of contagious diseases;(2) The reporting and certifying of births and deaths; and(3) All matters pertaining to public health. (1) The control of contagious d…

(a) Any person who practices or pretends or attempts to practice or use the science or system of osteopathic medicine in treating diseases of the human body or any person who buys, sells or fraudulently obtains any diploma, certificate, license or record of registration to practi…

(a) The board shall investigate every supposed violation of this chapter coming within the scope of the authority of such board and report to the proper district attorney general all cases that, in the judgment of the board, warrant prosecution. (b) Every police officer, sheriff …

(a) The board has the power to:(1) Deny an application for a license to any applicant who applies for the same through reciprocity or otherwise;(2) Permanently or temporarily withhold issuance of a license;(3) Suspend or limit or restrict a previously issued license for such time…

(a) The board shall have, in regard to operators of X-ray equipment and/or machines in physician offices, the authority, by rules and regulations, to:(1) Establish and issue limited X-ray certifications to qualified individuals in the areas of densitometry, chest, extremities, sk…

Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to prohibit osteopathic medical service rendered by a physician assistant, registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse, a graduate physician, or a pharmacist pursuant to a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement, if such osteopa…

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 osteopathic examination may i…

(a) Any handwritten prescription order for a drug prepared by an osteopathic physician 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 …

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

(a) The board shall not require an applicant for licensure pursuant to this title to disclose career fatigue, as defined in § 63-1-173, as a requirement for initial licensure. Physicians who experience career fatigue are encouraged to seek services from the Tennessee Medical Foun…

(a) Any osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to this chapter who has reason to believe that an employee or contractor of the physician or the physician's firm, partnership or corporation has used the physician's federal drug enforcement administration (DEA) registration number…

(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 in this chapter may only practice interventional pain management if the licensee is either:(1) Board certified through the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS)/American Association of Physician Speci…

(a) A physician who is duly qualified to practice medicine under the laws of another state is exempt from the licensure requirements of § 63-9-104, subject to this section, if either of the following applies:(1) The physician has a written or oral agreement with a sports team to …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “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 learn…

(a) The board of osteopathic examination 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 visi…