The commissioner of health has the authority to regulate the laboratory practices of optometrists to ensure that such practices are in full compliance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) ( 42 U.S.C. § 263 a).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-8-123
Regulation of laboratory practices of optometrists
Known as the Optometry Law
The act spans §§ 63–63 (29 sections).
Acts 1993, ch. 295, § 9.
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.