Tennessee Code Title 63. Professions of the Healing Arts § 63-19-110

(1) Deny an application for a license to an applicant who applies for a license through reciprocity or otherwise;

(2) Permanently or temporarily withhold issuance of a license;

(3) Suspend, limit, or restrict a previously issued license for such time and in such manner as the board may determine;

(4) Reprimand or take such action in relation to disciplining an applicant or licensee, including, but not limited to, informal settlements, private censures and warnings, and issuing civil penalties, as the board in its discretion may deem proper; or

(5) Permanently revoke a license.

(1) The conviction of a crime;

(2) Fraud in procuring or attempting to procure a license to practice medicine as a physician assistant;

(3) The commission of unprofessional or unethical conduct;

(4) An addiction to the use of alcohol, narcotics, or other drugs;

(5) Engaging in the inappropriate prescribing, dispensing, or otherwise distributing a controlled substance or other drug in the course of professional practice;

(6) Suspension or revocation of a license in another state for disciplinary reasons; or

(7) Failure to comply with the lawful order or duly promulgated rules of the board.