This chapter is enacted for the purposes of protecting the public health, safety, and welfare and providing for state administrative control, supervision, licensure and regulation of the practice of physical therapy and occupational therapy. It is the general assembly's intent that only individuals who meet and maintain prescribed standards of competence and conduct may engage in the practice of physical therapy and occupational therapy as authorized by this chapter. This chapter is intended to promote the public interest and to accomplish the purposes stated in this section.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-13-102
Legislative intent
Known as the Occupational and Physical Therapy Practice Act
The act spans §§ 63–63 (40 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Bolton v. CNA Insurance Co. (1991)
Most recently applied in Bolton v. CNA Insurance Co. (December 1991)
Acts 1984, ch. 921, § 2; T.C.A., §§ 63-13-205, 63-13-105; Acts 1999, ch. 528, § 3.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.