Title 63, Professions Of The Healing Arts

(a) (1) A person desiring to obtain a license to practice dentistry in this state shall make application to the board. The application must be accompanied by a certificate showing that the applicant is a graduate of an accredited dental school or college or from the dental depart…

(a) (1) The board may conduct examinations at such times and places as it may designate and charge each examinee a fee for each examination taken as set annually by the board.(2) In addition to examinations conducted pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), the board shall recognize a cer…

(a) No licensed dentist shall claim to the public to be a specialist, or be specially qualified in any particular branch of dentistry or to be giving special attention to any branch of dentistry, or claim to limit the dentist's practice to any branch of dentistry, until that dent…

(a) Any dentist duly licensed in this state who has completed a minimum of two (2) years of graduate education in a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation or the equivalent thereof in a specialty branch of dentistry or who has otherwise met the require…

(a) The board may issue a license to practice dental hygiene to applicants who have graduated and received a diploma from a dental hygiene program accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation, that provides a minimum of two (2) academic years…

(a) A duly licensed and registered dentist may employ licensed and registered dental hygienists, registered dental assistants and practical dental assistants. Such licensed and registered dental hygienists may practice as authorized in this section or § 63-5-108 only in the offic…

(a) The board may revoke or suspend the license of, assess a civil penalty for each separate violation against or otherwise lawfully discipline any dentist who permits any licensed and registered dental hygienist, registered dental assistant and/or practical dental assistant oper…

(a) Each licensed dentist shall pay an annual renewal fee to the board, payable in advance. The secretary of the board shall notify each licensed dentist that such renewal fee is due. (b) Each licensed dental hygienist shall pay an annual renewal fee to the board as set by the bo…

Anyone who is licensed or certified and is an ethical practitioner of dentistry or dental hygiene in the state and who is of good moral character, who shall desire to change residence to another state, territory, the District of Columbia or to a foreign country, upon application …

(a) All fees coming into the hands of the board, including examination fees, renewal fees, fines and penalties, shall be paid by the board to the state treasurer and become part of the general fund. The commissioner of finance and administration shall make allotments out of the g…

The holder of the license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene shall, at all times, upon request, exhibit such license along with the annual renewal receipt to any of the members of the board, or its authorized agent, or to any officer of the law.

(a) Except where dental services are regularly made available to employees by their employer or where dental services are being provided by an official agency of the state government or any subdivision, any nonprofit organization or hospital, it is unlawful:(1) For any licensed d…

(a) Licensed dentists of this state may dispense, prescribe or otherwise distribute drugs rational to the practice of dentistry, and any prescriptions shall be written in accordance with state and federal drug laws. (b) Licensed pharmacists of this state may fill prescriptions of…

(a) As used in this section, “COVID-19” means an infectious respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2, or a mutation of that coronavirus. (b) Notwithstanding a law to the contrary, a dentist licensed under this chapter may administer a vaccination against COV…

(a) The board has the power and it is its duty to deny, suspend, revoke or otherwise restrict or condition the license of, assess a civil penalty for each separate violation against or otherwise lawfully discipline the holder of any license to practice dentistry or any certificat…

All proceedings for disciplinary action against a licensee or certificate holder 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 juris…

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. It is the duty of all district attorneys general throughout the state to assist the board, upon its request, in any suit for injunction or …

(a) Any person who violates any provision of § 63-5-107(a) commits a Class B misdemeanor. (b) After being convicted of any violation of § 63-5-107(a), any person who again violates § 63-5-107(a) commits a Class E felony. (c) Any person who has been enjoined by a court of competen…

Any person licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state who has retired or may hereafter retire from such practice in this state is not required to register as required by this chapter; provided, that such person files with the board an affidavit on a form to be…

Any person licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state who is an officer in the commissioned dental corps of the army, navy, air force, space force, or the public health service of the United States shall not be required to register as required in this chapter.…

(a) As used in this section, “peer review committee” or “committee” means any committee, board, commission or other entity constituted by any statewide dental association or local dental society for the purpose of receiving and evaluating dental acts of other dentists or dental a…

The board of dentistry shall establish by rule an inactive license category that allows dentists 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 the Internal…

(a) A dental referral service shall not participate in the advertising of, or operate, a dental referral service unless it meets all of the following requirements:(1) Its patient referrals result from patient-initiated responses to the dental referral service's advertising;(2) It…

A dentist or a dental hygienist 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 dentistry…

This part is known and may be cited as the “Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.”

The Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact is enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact Section 1. Title and Purpose. This s…

The department of health, in consultation with the board of dentistry, may promulgate rules in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to implement and amend this part, as necessary, to ensure this state's participation in the co…

This part takes effect on the date the compact is enacted into law in the seventh compact state. The board of dentistry shall notify the reviser of statutes, the chair of the government operations committee of the house of representatives, and the chair of the government operatio…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “ACAOM” means the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine;(2) “Acupuncture” means a form of health care developed from traditional and modern oriental medical concepts that employs oriental…

(a) This part shall not apply to:(1) Physicians licensed under this chapter or chapter 9 of this title, nor shall this part be construed so as to prevent the practice of acupuncture by such physicians or to prevent such physicians from using the title “acupuncturist”;(2) Register…

(a) To assist the board in the performance of its duties, there is hereby established the Tennessee advisory committee for acupuncture. (b) The committee shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the governor. Three (3) of the members shall be certified acupuncturists, one (…

(a) The board, in consultation with the committee, shall:(1) Establish the qualifications and fitness of applicants of certifications, renewal of certifications and reciprocal certifications;(2) Establish grounds for revocation, suspension or denial of certification;(3) Establish…

(a) To receive certification to practice acupuncture from the board, a person must document:(1) Either:(A) Current active status as a diplomate in acupuncture of the NCCAOM; or(B) Current state licensure in good standing by another state with substantially equivalent or higher st…

A certificate to practice acupuncture must be renewed every two (2) years. To renew a certificate, a person must submit proof of current active NCCAOM certification in acupuncture or document compliance with § 63-6-1005. To renew an ADS certificate, a person must submit proof of …

(1) The board, in consultation with the committee, may deny, suspend or revoke certification, require remedial education or issue a letter of reprimand, if an applicant or certified acupuncturist:(1) Engages in false or fraudulent conduct that demonstrates an unfitness to practic…

(a) All certified individuals under this part shall use only presterilized, disposable needles in their administration of acupuncture treatments. The use of staples in the practice of acupuncture is prohibited. (b) Health practices shall include:(1) Hands shall be washed with soa…

(a) The board, in consultation with the committee, shall set fees relative to the application, certification and renewal thereof in amounts sufficient to pay all of the expenses of certification and of the committee directly attributable to the performance of its duties under thi…

(a) (1) 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:(A) Graduation from…

(a) The titles “licensed acupuncturist” or “ADS” may be used by persons certified under this part. No person who is not properly licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy shall use certification under this part to identify such person as a doctor or physician. (b) Each person c…

(a) (1) (A) 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 appo…

(a) 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. (b) For purposes of conducting administrative business and promulgating rules and regulations, seven (7) members…

(a) All regular meetings of the board shall be held upon the call of the president. (b) (1) 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 condu…

(a) 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 …

(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. (b) (1) During an informal initial application interview during an executive session held pursuant to § …

(a) The board of medical examiners shall establish and maintain an online registry of physicians licensed pursuant to this chapter or chapter 9 of this title, who are willing to enter into a collaborative agreement with a physician assistant. (b) The online registry must include,…