Tennessee Code Title 63. Professions of the Healing Arts § 63-1-802

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this part:

(1) “Advertisement”:

(A) Means a printed, electronic, or oral statement:

(i) That is communicated or disseminated to the general public;

(ii) That:

(a) Is intended to encourage a person to use a practitioner's professional services; or

(b) Names, for commercial purposes, a practitioner in connection with the practice, profession, or institution in which the practitioner is employed, volunteers, or provides healthcare services; and

(iii) That the practitioner or the practitioner's group practice has control over the preparation, communication, or dissemination of the statement; and

(B) Includes the communication or dissemination as described in subdivision (1)(A) of any other communication or statement used in the course of business for the purpose of promoting a practitioner's services offered to the public;

(2) “Deceptive or misleading information”:

(A) Means information that misrepresents or falsely describes a practitioner's profession, skill training, expertise, educational degree, or license; and

(B) Includes physicians claiming to be a specialist or a subspecialist in a named specialty of medicine without having completed the requisite postgraduate residency or fellowship in that field. Acknowledged medical specialties are those listed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and American Osteopathic association (AOE);

(3) “Educational degree” means the degree awarded to the practitioner by a college or university related to the practitioner's profession, which may be used under the scope of the practitioner's license, including use of its acronym;

(4) “License” means the license, certification, registration, or other authorization from the healthcare practitioner's regulating entity that permits the healthcare practitioner to practice in this state;

(5) “Practitioner”:

(A) Means an individual who holds a license pursuant to this title; and

(B) Does not include a veterinarian licensed pursuant to the Tennessee Veterinary Practice Act, compiled in chapter 12 of this title; and

(6) “Profession”:

(A) Means the name or title of the profession of which a practitioner is a member, as specifically allowed for use by individuals who hold a license, license by endorsement, certificate, or registration from a regulatory board under the board's governing statutes or rules; and

(B) Does not include the license or educational degree of a practitioner.

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