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Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-27-111

Prohibited practices — Criminal penalties

Known as the Respiratory Care Practitioner Act

The act spans §§ 63–63 (17 sections).

Acts 1986, ch. 610, § 1; 1989, ch. 591, §§ 1, 6; 1998, ch. 1106, §§ 27-29, 38, 39, 55; 2000, ch. 621, §§ 2, 3.

(1) No person shall by verbal claim, advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way, claim to be a registered respiratory therapist, certified respiratory therapist or respiratory assistant unless such person possesses a valid license issued pursuant to this chapter.

(2) It is unlawful for any person to practice or offer to practice respiratory care unless such person has been duly licensed under this chapter, except as provided in § 63-27-110.

(3) Each violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

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.