Title 63, Professions Of The Healing Arts

The department of health and the board of medical examiners are authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate this chapter. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

(a) There is hereby created the board for professional counselors, marital and family therapists and clinical pastoral therapists, referred to as the “board” in this chapter. (b) (1) The board shall consist of five (5) members who shall be appointed by the governor.(2) (A) Member…

(1) The board shall:(1) Adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, as are necessary to carry out and make effective this part;(2) Review the credentials of licensure of professional counselor applicant…

(a) The board shall license without examination an applicant for licensure as a marriage and family therapist who is licensed to practice independently and is in good standing in another state or territory if the applicant's qualifications meet the requirements for licensure unde…

(1) An applicant for licensure as a professional counselor shall pay the board a nonrefundable fee as set by the board and shall satisfy the board that the applicant:(1) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;(2) Is of good moral character;(3) (A) Has a conferred graduate degree …

(1) An applicant for licensure as a marital and family therapist shall pay the board a nonrefundable fee as set by the board and shall satisfy the board that the applicant:(1) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;(2) Is of good moral character;(3) Has met standards set by the b…

(a) On and after July 1, 1991, an applicant for licensure as a professional counselor shall meet the requirements of §§ 63-22-104 and 63-22-110 and, in addition, shall pass an examination as adopted and administered by the board. (b) Effective July 1, 1991, no additional certific…

(a) Each and every license or certificate holder shall pay to the secretary-treasurer of the board a renewal fee to be fixed by the board and shall submit verification of compliance of continuing education requirements as may be set by the board. The secretary of the board shall …

(a) When the board receives a completed application for initial licensure or a completed application for licensure from an applicant who is licensed in another state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, then the board shall, within sixty (60) days fro…

(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 or certificate;(3) Suspend, limit or restrict a previously issued license …

A person whose license or certificate has been revoked by the board is not eligible to apply for reinstatement earlier than one (1) year from the date of revocation.

(a) This part does not apply to:(1) Activities and services of a student intern or trainee in marriage and family therapy who is pursuing a program of studies in marriage and family therapy at an accredited institution of higher learning, if such activities are performed under su…

The confidential relations and communications between licensed marital and family therapists, licensed professional counselors or certified clinical pastoral therapists and clients are placed upon the same basis as those provided by law between attorney and client, and nothing in…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:(1) “Advertise” means, but is not limited to, the issuing or causing to be distributed any card, sign or device to any person, or the causing, permitting or allowing any sign or marking on or in …

(a) (1) The board may license, without examination, a professional counselor applicant with a valid, unencumbered license issued by another state, territory, or federal district of the United States at an equivalent level of licensure under the following conditions:(A) The applic…

(a) (1) Except as specifically provided elsewhere in this part, commencing July 1, 1991, it is an offense for any person to engage in any of the following acts:(A) Representing or advertising such person as, or using a title or description such as, “licensed professional counselo…

(a) The provisions of this part, except those contained in § 63-22-122, shall not apply to any persons regulated by the board of nursing or the state board of education, nor to professional counselors employed in community/human service agencies and working directly under the sup…

Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, any person licensed pursuant to this part and chapter 11 of this title shall be subject to the limitations of chapter 11 of this title.

(1) A professional counselor licensed under this part and designated as a mental health service provider must have:(1) Completed coursework specifically related to the diagnosis, treatment, appraisal, and assessment of mental disorders; and(2) Completed two (2) years of postgradu…

(a) (1) An associate license may be issued by the board for a licensed professional counselor designated as a mental health service provider applicant who has completed the academic coursework and training required for the license sought and who has successfully passed the examin…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Appraisal activities” means selecting, administering, scoring and interpreting instruments designed to assess an individual's aptitudes, achievements or interests, which are used to understand, measure or facili…

(1) The following definitions shall apply in this part, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:(1) “Advertise” means, but is not limited to, business solicitations, with or without limiting qualifications, in a card, sign or device issued to a person, in a sign o…

(a) Except as specifically provided in § 63-22-204, beginning January 1, 2004, no person who is not licensed as a clinical pastoral therapist under this part shall:(1) Advertise that the performance of clinical pastoral therapy services is by a licensed clinical pastoral therapis…

(a) An applicant for licensure as a licensed clinical pastoral therapist shall pay the board a nonrefundable fee as set by the board and shall satisfy the board that the applicant:(1) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;(2) Is of good moral character;(3) Has met the educationa…

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the ministry, activities or services of a rabbi, priest, minister of the gospel or others authorized by a regularly organized and functioning religious body in performing the ordinary duties or functions of the clergy, no…

(a) (1) The board may enter into a reciprocal agreement with any other state that licenses, certifies or registers clinical pastoral therapists, if the board finds that such state has substantially the same or higher licensure requirements than Tennessee. This agreement shall pro…

(a) Until January 1, 2006, applicants who fulfill at least one (1) of the following conditions shall be entitled to receive a license as a licensed clinical pastoral therapist:(1) Hold current certification as a clinical pastoral therapist. Such certification must be lawfully iss…

A person who is certified as a certified clinical pastoral therapist on June 3, 2003, shall be issued a license as a licensed clinical pastoral therapist when such person's certification is renewed or upon request of such person before the expiration of such person's current cert…

(a) The board is authorized to issue a temporary license to a clinical pastoral therapist applicant who has completed the academic course work and supervised clinical experience for the license sought; provided, that in order to retain the temporary license, the applicant shall t…

For purposes of this part, “counseling or therapy services” means assisting an individual, who is seeking or engaged in the counseling relationship in a private practice setting, in a manner intended to facilitate normal human growth and development, using a combination of mental…

(a) No counselor or therapist providing counseling or therapy services shall be required to counsel or serve a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with the sincerely held principles of the counselor or therapist; provided, that the counselor or therapist coor…

The general assembly hereby approves and ratifies, and the governor shall enter into, a compact on behalf of the state of Tennessee with any of the United States or other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR LICENSE PO…

The board for professional counselors, marital and family therapists, and clinical pastoral therapists, in consultation with the department of health, may promulgate rules in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to implement t…

This part takes effect on the date the compact is enacted into law in the tenth compact state. The board for professional counselors, marital and family therapists, and clinical pastoral therapists shall notify the executive secretary of the Tennessee code commission, the chair o…

(a) There is created the board of social worker licensure. On and after July 1, 2008, the former board of social worker certification and licensure is renamed and shall be known as the board of social worker licensure. (b) (1) On and after July 1, 2008, the board shall consist of…

(a) The practice of baccalaureate social work is the professional application of social work theory, knowledge, methods, principles, values and ethics and the professional use of self to restore or enhance social, psychosocial or biopsychosocial functioning of individuals, couple…

(a) The practice of licensed master's social work is the professional application of social work theory, knowledge, methods, principles, values and ethics and the professional use of self to restore or enhance social, psychosocial or biopsychosocial functioning of individuals, co…

(a) The practice of advanced social work as a nonclinical social worker is the professional application of social work theory, knowledge, methods, principles, values and ethics and the professional use of self to restore or enhance social, psychosocial or biopsychosocial function…

(a) The practice of advanced master's or doctorate social work as a licensed clinical social worker is a specialty within the practice of social work that requires the application of social work theory, knowledge, methods, principles, values, ethics, and the professional use of s…

(a) All persons who are licensed to practice social work shall renew their licenses as follows:(1) Biennial licensure renewal fees in an amount established by the board shall accompany each renewal application;(2) If any holder of a license fails to renew the license within sixty…

Any person licensed to practice social work in this state who has retired or may hereafter retire from such practice is not required to maintain that person's licensure as required by this chapter; provided, that the person files with the board an affidavit on a form, prescribed …

(a) The board has the power, which is its duty, to deny, suspend or revoke any license, or to otherwise discipline, an applicant or holder of a license who is found guilty by the board of one (1) or more of the following:(1) Willful or repeated violation of any provisions of this…

(a) The confidential relations and communications between a client and licensed social worker as defined in this chapter, are placed upon the same basis as those provided by law between licensed psychologists, licensed psychological examiners, licensed senior psychological examin…

The board is authorized to promulgate, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, such rules as are necessary to implement this chapter.

(a) The board may, at its discretion, grant a social worker license without examination, to any person residing or employed in the state who has not previously failed the examination given by the board and who at the time of application is licensed by another state whose standard…

A person 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 social worker licensure may issu…