Rules of the Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners — Introduction

RULES OF THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS Division of Health Related Boards 665 Mainstream Drive Nashville, TN 37243 Chapters Title

0260-01 .......……...................................................Rules of Procedure for Hearing Contested Cases

0260-02 .......….………………………………….....General Rules Governing Chiropractic Examiners

0260-03 ………………....…..................General Rules Governing Chiropractic X-Ray Technologists

0260-04-01 …………………………….General Rules Governing Chiropractic Professional Corporations

0260-04-02 ………General Rules and Regulations Governing Chiropractic Limited Liability Companies

0260-05 …………………………………….General Rules Governing Chiropractic Therapy Assistants

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Original Chapter 0260-01 filed November 22, 1978; effective January 8, 1979, under Chapter 491 of the Public Acts of 1974. The Administrative History following each Rule gives the date on which the Rule was certified, or the date on which the Rule was filed and its effective date, if promulgated after March 11, 1974. The Administrative History after each Rule also shows the dates of any Amendments or Repeals. Original Chapter 0260 was filed December 5, 1978, to be effective April 2, 1979. The Administrative History following each Rule give the date on which the Rule was certified, or the date on which the Rule was filed and its effective date, if promulgated after March 11, 1974. The Administrative History after each Rule also shows the dates of any amendments or repeals. Repeal of chapter 0260-02-.01 through 0260-02-.05 and new chapter 0260-02-.01 through 0260-02-.09 filed April 19, 1983; effective May 19, 1983. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.04, 0260-02-.09 and 0260-02-.10 filed August 19, 1983; effective September 19, 1983. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.01, 0260-02-.03 through 0260-02-.05, 0260-02-.09 and 0260-02-.10 filed October 22, 1987; effective December 6, 1987. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.01, 0260-02-.03, 0260-02-.04, 0260-02-.05, 0260-02-.07 and 0260-02-.08 filed April 25, 1989; effective July 29, 1989. Amendment to rule 0260-02-.05 filed December 8, 1989; effective January 22, 1990. Original rule 0260-02-.11 filed December 18, 1989; effective February 1, 1990. Amendment to rule 0260-02-.09 filed January 3, 1990; effective February 17, 1990. Amendment to rule 0260-02-.09 filed May 10, 1990; effective June 24, 1990. Amendment to rule 0260-02-.08 filed August 30, 1990; effective October 14, 1990. Amendments to rules 0260-02-.01 through 0260-02-.11 and original new rules 0260-02-.12 through 0260- 02-.21 filed December 28, 1995; effective March 12, 1996. Notice of withdraw of amendments to rules 0260-02-.06 and 0260-03-.06 to have become effective March 12, 1996 filed January 25, 1996. Original chapter 0260-03 filed December 28, 1995; effective March 12, 1996. Amendment filed to rules 0260-02-.01, 0260-02-.13, 0260-02-.20 and original new rule 0260-02-.22 filed February 12, 1996; effective April 27, 1996. Original rules 0260-02-.06 and 0260-03-.06 filed December 17, 1996; effective March 1, 1997. Amendment filed to rule 0260-02-.06 filed March 20, 1997; effective June 3, 1997. Amendment filed to rule 0260-02-.08 filed May 29, 1998; effective August 12, 1998. Amendment to rule 0260-02-.06 filed May 6, 1999; effective July 18, 1999. Notice of Withdrawal to rule 0260-02-.15(4)(c) filed and effective November 23, 1999. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.05, 0260-02-.15, 0260-02-.19, 0260-02-.20, 0260-03-.04, 0260-03-.05,

0260-03-.08, and 0260-03-.12 filed November 22, 1999; effective February 5, 2000. Amendment to rule 0260-02-.15 filed December 14, 1999; effective February 22, 2000. Original Chapters 0260-04-01 and 0260-04-02 filed January 31, 2000; effective April 15, 2000. Original rule 0260-02-.23 filed March 14, 2000; effective May 28, 2000. Original rule 0260-05 filed February 9, 2000; 60-day stay filed February 24, 2000; effective June 23, 2000. Repeal and new rule 0260-05 filed November 15, 2000; effective January 30, 2001. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.04, 0260-02-.05, 0260-02-.06, 0260-02-.07, 0260-02-.08, 0260-02-.12,

0260-02-.14, and 0260-02-.19 filed December 13, 2000; effective February 26, 2001. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.07 and 0260-02-.09 filed April 12, 2002; effective June 26, 2002. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.01, 0260-02-.07, 0260-02-.12, 0260-02-.15, 0260-02-.19, 0260-03-.01,

0260-03-.07, and 0260-03-.14 filed August 26, 2002; effective November 9, 2002. Original rule 0260-02-.10 and Amendment to rules 0260-02-.01, 0260-02-.12, 0260-03-.12, and 0260-05- .12 filed September 13, 2002; effective November 27, 2002. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.01, 0260-02-.09, 0260-02-.12, 0260-03-.01, 0260-03-.09, 0260-03-.12,

0260-05-.01, 0260-05-.09, and 0260-05-.12 filed September 27, 2002; effective December 11, 2002. Amendment to rule 0260-02-.02 filed October 24, 2002; effective January 7, 2003. Amendment to rules 0260-03-.03, 0260-03-.04, 0260-03-.05, 0260-03-.08, 0260-03-.12, 0260-05-.01,

0260-05-.03, 0260-05-.04, 0260-05-.05, 0260-05-.08, 0260-05-.11, and 0260-05-.12 filed January 31, 2003; effective April 16, 2003. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.06, 0260-03-.06, and 0260-05-.06 filed March 18, 2003; effective June 1, 2003. Amendment to rule 0260-02-.13 filed April 14, 2003; effective June 28, 2003. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.12, 0260-03-.12, and 0260-05-.12 filed December 4, 2003; effective February 17, 2004. Original rule 0260-02-.24 and repeal of rules 0260-04-01.01 through 0260-04-01-.17 and 0260-04-02-.01 through 0260-04-02-.08 filed December 18, 2003; effective March 2, 2004. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.02, 0260-02-.04, and 0260-02-.18 filed June 3, 2004; effective August 17, 2004. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.15, 0260-03-.14, and 0260-05-.14 filed August 2, 2004; effective October 16, 2004. Original rule 0260-02-.25, and amendments to rules 0260-02-.19, 0260-03-.06, 0260-03-.12, 0260-05-.06, and 0260-05-.12 filed October 10, 2005; effective December 24, 2005. Repeal and new rule 0260-03-.08, and amendments to rules 0260-02-.12, 0260-03-.12, and 0260-05-.12 filed January 5, 2006; effective March 21, 2006. Amendment to rule 0260-02-.15 filed February 1, 2006; effective April 17, 2006. Amendments to rules 0260-02-.05, 0260-03-.05, and 0260-05-.05 filed March 17, 2006; effective May 31, 2006. Emergency rules 0260-02-18-.02 and 0260-02-.09 filed January 8, 2007; effective June 22, 2007. Original rule 0260-02-.26 filed January 11, 2007; effective March 27, 2007 and amendment to rule 0260- 02-.12 filed January 11, 2007; effective March 27, 2007. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.19 and 0260-02-.24 filed March 16, 2007; effective May 30, 2007. Amendment to rule 0260-3-.04 filed March 22, 2007; effective June 5, 2007. Amendment to rules 0260-02-.02, 0260-02-.12, and 0260-02-.20 filed April 10, 2007; effective June 24, 2007. Amendment to rules 0260-03-.10 and 0260-05-.10 filed July 27, 2007; effective October 10, 2007. Amendments to rules 0260-02-.12, 0260-03-.12 and 0260-05-.12 filed October 27, 2008; effective January 10, 2009. Amendments to rules 0260-02-.03, 0260-02-.07, and 0260-02-.15; 0260-03-.14 and 0260-05-.14 filed October 29, 2008; effective January 12, 2009. Amendments to rules 0260-02-.12 and .17 filed July 26, 2010; effective October 24, 2010. Repeal of 0260-02-.14 and amendments to rules 0260-02-.06 and .12 filed October 14, 2011; effective January 12, 2012. Amendments to rules 0260-03-.03, 0260-03-.07, and 0260-03-.12 filed October 14, 2011; effective January 12, 2012. Amendments to rules 0260-05-.04, 0260-05-.05, and 0260-05-.12 filed October 14, 2011; effective January 12, 2012. Amendments to rules 0260-02-.06 and .24 filed August 23, 2012; effective November 21, 2012. Amendment to rule 0260-03-.06 filed August 23, 2012; effective November 21, 2012. Amendment to rule 0260-05-.06 filed August 23, 2012; effective November 21, 2012. Amendments to rules 0260-02-.01, 0260-02-.02, 0260-02-.12, 0260-02-.13, 0260-02-.21, and 0260-02- .24 filed February 17, 2017; effective May 18, 2017. Amendments to rules 0260-03-.01 through 0260-03-.14, 0260-05-.01, 0260-05-.02, 0260-05-.04, 0260- 05-.06, 0260-05-.08 through 0260-05-.10, and 0260-05-.12 through 0260-05-.14 filed April 12, 2023; effective July 11, 2023. Amendments to rules 0260-02-.01 through 0260-02-.05, 0260-02-.07, 0260-02-.08, 0260-02-.11, 0260- 02-.12, 0260-02-.13, 0260-02-.15, 0260-02-.19, 0260-02-.20, 0260-02-.21, 0260-02-.22, and 0260-02-.25 and new rule 0260-02-.27 filed February 19, 2025; effective May 20, 2025. Emergency rules 0260-02-.01, 0260-02-.02, 0260-02-.12, and 0260-02-.19 filed January 8, 2026; effective through July 7, 2026. Amendments to rules 0260-02-.01, 0260-02-.02, 0260-02-.12, and 0260-02-.19 filed March 18, 2026; effective June 16, 2026.