1. (1) The Commission may suspend or revoke a license for:

   1. (a) Violation of federal or state statutes;
   2. (b) Violation of the rules as set forth in this chapter;
   3. (c) Permitting, aiding or abetting the commission of any illegal act in the Outpatient Diagnostic Center;
   4. (d) Conduct or practice found by the Commission to be detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of the patients of the Outpatient Diagnostic Center; and
   5. (e) Failure to renew license.

2. (2) The Commission may consider all factors that it deems relevant, including but not limited to the following when determining sanctions:

   1. (a) The degree of sanctions necessary to ensure immediate and continued compliance;
   2. (b) The character and degree of impact of the violation on the health, safety and welfare of the patients in the facility;
   3. (c) The conduct of the facility in taking all feasible steps or procedures necessary or appropriate to comply or correct the violation; and,
   4. (d) Any prior violations by the facility of statutes, regulations or orders of the Commission.

3. (3) When an Outpatient Diagnostic Center is found by the Commission to have committed a violation of this chapter, the Commission will issue to the facility a statement of deficiencies. Within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of the statement of deficiencies the facility must return a plan of correction indicating the following:

   1. (a) How the deficiency will be corrected;
   2. (b) The date upon which each deficiency will be corrected;
   3. (c) What measures or systemic changes will be put in place to ensure that the deficient practice does not recur; and
   4. (d) How the corrective action will be monitored to ensure that the deficient practice does not recur.
4. (4) Either failure to submit a plan of correction in a timely manner or a finding by the Commission that the plan of correction is unacceptable shall subject the Outpatient Diagnostic Center’s license to possible disciplinary action.
5. (5) Any licensee or applicant for a license, aggrieved by a decision or action of the Commission, pursuant to this chapter, may request a hearing before the Commission. The proceedings and judicial review of the board’s decision shall be in accordance with the Uniform Procedures Act, T.C.A. §§ 4-5-101 et seq.
6. (6) Reconsideration and Stays. The Commission authorizes the member who chaired the Commission for a contested case to be the Commission member to make the decisions authorized pursuant to Rule 1360-04-01-.18 regarding petitions for reconsiderations and stays in that case.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-312, 4-5-316, 4-5-317, 68-11-202, 68-11-204, 68-11-206, 68-11-207, 68-11- 208, 68-11-209, and 68-11-216. Administrative History: Original rule filed October 26, 2005; effective January 9, 2006. Amendment filed March 1, 2007; effective May 15, 2007. Transferred from chapter 1200-08-35 pursuant to Public Chapter 1119 of 2022 effective July 1, 2022. Amendments filed January 7, 2026; effective April 7, 2026.