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Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-19-208

Scope

Acts 1995, ch. 337, § 10; 1997, ch. 207, § 5.

(1) Nothing in this part shall be construed to modify or supersede any existing laws or rules pertaining to any other allied health professionals, professions, or services.

(2) Nothing in this part shall permit a licensed orthopedic physician assistant to: Practice chiropractic or analyze or palpate the articulations of the spinal column for the purposes of giving a spinal adjustment; or

(3) Measure the powers or range of human vision, or determine the refractive state of the human eye or the scope of its functions in general, or prescribe or direct the use of opthalmic lenses or prisms to remedy or relieve defects of vision or muscular anomalies or prescribe or fit or adapt contact lenses to or for the human eye.

(4) This part does not apply to other physician extenders, physician assistants, family nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, technologists, technicians and other assistants or employees that perform delegated services in a medical setting.

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.