Rules of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners — Introduction

RULES OF THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS 665 Mainstream Drive Nashville, TN 37243 Chapters Title

0880-01 ................................................................ Rules of Procedure for Hearing Contested Cases

0880-02 ................................... General Rules and Regulations Governing the Practice of Medicine

0880-04 ................................................................................................................................ Reserved

0880-05 ................ General Rules and Regulations Governing the Utilization of X-Ray Operators in Physician’s Offices

0880-06 .......... Rules and Regulations Governing the Utilization and Supervision of the Services of a Nurse Practitioner/Prescription Writer

0880-07 ..................................................... General Rules Governing Respiratory Care Practitioners

0880-08-01 ................................................................................................................................ Repealed

0880-08-02 ................................................................................................................................ Repealed

0880-09 ....................................... General Rules and Regulations Governing Radiologist Assistants

0880-11 .................General Rules and Regulations Governing the Practice of Clinical Perfusionists

0880-12 .......................... General Rules and Regulations Governing the Practice of Acupuncturists

0880-13 .................. General Rules and Regulations Governing the Practice of Genetic Counselors

0880-14 ..................... General Rules and Regulations Governing the Practice of Polysomnography

0880-15 ……………………..General Rules and Regulations Governing Anesthesiologist Assistants

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Original chapter 0880-01 was filed November 22, 1978, effective January 8, 1979. The Administrative History following each rule gives the date on which the rule was filed and its effective date. The

Administrative History after each rule also shows the dates of any amendments or repeals. Original chapter 0880-02 filed October 13, 1983; effective November 14, 1983. Original chapter 0880-05 filed March 4, 1985; effective April 3, 1985. Amendment to rule 0880-05-.03 filed April 23, 1986; effective May 23, 1986. Original chapter 0880-04 filed October 9, 1986; effective October 23, 1986. Original chapter 0880-03 filed October 7, 1986; effective November 21, 1986. Amendment to chapters 0880-02 and 0880-03 filed April 15, 1987; effective July 29, 1987. Repeal and new rules 0880-02-.05 and 0880-02-.06 filed May 10, 1987; effective July 24, 1987. Original chapter 0880-06 filed September 30, 1987; effective November 14, 1987. Original chapter 0880-07 filed May 21, 1988; effective June 26, 1988. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.07 filed August 31, 1988; effective October 15, 1988. Original rule 0880-07-.05 filed October 12, 1988; effective November 26, 1988. Original rule 0880-03-.04 filed December 9, 1988; effective January 20, 1989. Amendment to rule 0880-03-.01 filed December 9, 1988; effective January 20, 1989. Original rules 0880-03-.05 and 0880-07-.06 filed March 27, 1989; effective May 11, 1989. Amendment to rule 0880-07-.03 filed March 27, 1989; effective May 11, 1989. Original rule 0880-07-.07 filed August 7, 1989; effective September 21, 1989. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.04, 0880-02-.07 and 0880-07-.02 filed December 8, 1989; effective January 22, 1990. Original rules 0880-02-.09, 0880-04-.06 and amendment to rule 0880-03-.01 filed January 29, 1990; effective March 15, 1990. Original rule 0880-07-.08 filed April 17, 1990; effective June 1, 1990. Amendment to rule 0880-04-.05 filed July 6, 1990; effective July 21, 1990. Original rule 0880-02-.10 filed September 28, 1990; effective November 12, 1990. Original rule 0880-03-.06 filed November 27, 1990; effective January 11, 1991. Repeal and new chapter 0880-02 filed February 26, 1991; effective April 12, 1991. Amendment to rule 0880-07-.02 and original rule 0880-07-.09 filed April 26, 1991; effective June 10, 1991. Amendment to rule 0880-07-.07 filed April 28, 1991; effective June 10, 1991. Amendment to rule 0880-03-.01 and original rule 0880-03-.07 filed September 16, 1991; effective October 31, 1991. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.14 filed September 17, 1991; effective November 1, 1991. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.03, 0880-02-.07, 0880-02-.13 and 0880-02-.14 filed November 27, 1991; effective February 26, 1992. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.05 and 0880-02-.08 filed January 10, 1991; effective February 24, 1992. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.03 filed December 29, 1992; effective February 15, 1993. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.07 filed January 21, 1993; effective March 7, 1993. Repeal of and new chapter 0880-03 filed August 5, 1993; effective October 18, 1993. Repeal of and new chapter 0880-05 filed December 7, 1994; effective February 20, 1994. Amendments to rules 0880-02-.01, 0880-02-.02, 0880-02-.05, and 0880-02-.08 filed April 14, 1994; effective June 28, 1994. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.14 filed April 20, 1994; effective July 4, 1994. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.14 filed May 18, 1994; effective August 1, 1994. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.14 filed May 19, 1994; effective August 2, 1994. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.01, 0880-02-.03, 0880-02-.04, and 0880-02-.05 filed April 14, 1994; effective August 28, 1994. Original new rule 0880-03-.12 filed August 1, 1994; effective November 1, 1994. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.01 through 0880-02-.07 and 0880-02-.08 filed February 23, 1995; effective May 9, 1995. Repeal and new rule 0880-02-.10 and amendment to rules 0880-02-.02 and 0880-02-.09 filed May 2, 1995; effective July 16, 1995. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.02 filed June 12, 1995; effective August 26, 1995. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.12 and repeal of and new chapter 0880-03 filed July 7, 1995; effective September 20, 1995. Amendment to rules 0880-05-.04 and 0880-05-.05 filed July 12, 1995; effective September 25, 1995. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.02 and 0880-02-.06 filed July 12, 1995; effective November 28, 1995. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.02 filed March 25, 1996; effective June 8, 1996. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.04, 0880-02-.05, and 0880-02-.07 filed March 29, 1996; effective June 12, 1996. Original chapter 0880-08 filed April 16, 1996; effective June 30, 1996. Repeal of and new chapter 0880-07 filed May 31, 1996; effective August 11, 1996. Amendment to rules 0880-03-.01, 0880-03-.07, 0880-03-.09, 0880-03-.11, 0880-03-.12, and 0880-03-.15 filed November 13, 1996; effective January 27, 1997. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.14, 0880-03-.10, 0880-03-.21, 0880-05-.02, 0880-05-.03. 0880-05-.07, and

0880-05-.08 filed May 7, 1997; effective July 21, 1997. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.04, 0880-02-.10, and 0880-08-01-.05 and original chapter 0880-10 filed July 10, 1997; effective September 23, 1997. Amendment to rule 0880-03-.19 filed August 21, 1997; effective November 4, 1997. Original chapter 0880-02 filed September 10, 1997; effective November 24, 1997. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.01, 0880-02-.07, 0880-02-.09, and 0880-02-.10 filed September 22, 1997; effective December 6, 1997. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.14 filed September 24, 1997; effective December 8, 1997. Original rule 0880-02-.16 filed January 26, 1998; effective April 11, 1998. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.01, 0880-02-.03 through 0800-02-.08, 0880-02-.10, and 0880-02-.16 filed February 3, 1998; effective April 19, 1998. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.06 and 0880-02-.09 filed February 17, 1998; effective May 3, 1998. Amendment to rules 0880-10-.01, 0880-10-.05, 0880-10-.09, 0880-10-.12, and 0880-10-.15 filed June 25, 1998; effective September 8, 1998. Amendment to rules 0880-03-.01, 0880-03-.04, 0880-03-.05, 0880-03-.09, and 0880-03-.12 filed August 13, 1998; effective October 27, 1998. Amendment to rules 0880-10 filed June 10, 1998; effective October 28, 1998. Stay filed for rules 0880-10-.01, 0880-10-.05, 0880-10-.09, 0880-10-.12, and 0880-10-.15 filed August 5, 1998; new effective date October 30, 1998. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.11 and 0880-02-.12 filed August 26, 1998; effective November 9, 1998. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.02 and 0880-02-.08 filed September 4, 1998; effective November 11, 1998. Amendment to rules 0880-10-.07 filed September 11, 1998; effective November 28, 1998. Amendment to rules 0880-03-.06 and 0880-03-.07 filed October 14, 1998; effective December 28, 1998. New rule 0880-02-.17 filed October 30, 1998; effective January 13, 1999. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.07 filed November 30, 1998; effective February 13, 1999. Repeal and new Chapter 0880-06 filed March 18, 1999; effective June 1, 1999. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.07, 0880-02-.11, 0880-02-.14, 0880-.17, and 0880-08-01-.05 filed April 16, 1999; effective June 30, 1999. Repeal and new rules 0880-03-.01 through 0880-03-.22 filed March 31, 1999; effective July 29, 1999. Amendment to rules 0880-03-.01, 0880-03-.19, 0880-03-.21, 0880-10-.04, and 0880-10-.19 filed April 19, 1999; effective July 3, 1999. Withdrawal of amendment of rule 0880-02-.11(8)(c) filed and effective November 12, 1999. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.11 filed August 30, 1999; effective November 13, 1999. Repeal and new chapter 0880-01 filed September 9, 1999; effective November 22, 1999. Repeal of rules 0880-07-.01 through 0880-07-.23 and a new chapter 1330-01 filed January 31, 2000; effective April 15, 2000. Original rules 0880-03-.23 and 0880-10-.23 filed February 10, 2000; effective April 25, 2000. New rule 0880-02-.18 and amendment to rules 0880-02-.01, 0880-02-.11, 0880-02-.12, 0880-03-.01,

0880-03-.02, 0880-03-.10, and 0880-03-.21 filed April 10, 2000; effective June 24, 2000. Amendment to rules 0880-03-.12, 0880-03-.15, 0880-10-.12, and 0880-10-.15 filed July 31, 2000; effective October, 14, 2000. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.02 and 0880-02-.08 filed August 25, 2000; effective November 8, 2000. Original rule 0880-05-.11 and amendment to rules 0880-05-.01, 0880-05-.03, 0880-05-.04, 0880-05-.05,

0880-05-.06, 0880-05-.08, 0880-05-.09, and 0880-05-.10 filed August 31, 2000; effective November 14, 2000. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.14, 0880-02-.18, 0880-03-.01, 0880-03-.04, 0880-03-.05, 0880-03-.10,

0880-03-.12, and 0880-03-.21 filed March 9, 2001; effective May 23, 2001. Repeal and new rules 0880-04-.01 through 0880-04-.06 and original rules 0880-04-.07 through 0880-04- .20 filed March 14, 2001; effective May 28, 2001. Original rule 0880-05-.12 filed August 23, 2001; effective November 6, 2001. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.07 filed January 4, 2002; effective March 20, 2002. Original rules 0880-11-.01 through 0880-11-.20 filed April 26, 2002; effective July 10, 2002. Amendment to rules 0880-03-.01, 0880-03-.05, 0880-03-.07, 0880-03-.08, 0880-03-.12, 0880-03-.14, and

0880-10-.07 filed August 6, 2002; effective October 20, 2002. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.02, 0880-04-.05, 0880-04-.06, 0880-04-.08, and 0880-05-.02 filed August 16, 2002; effective October 30, 2002. Notice of withdrawal of rule 0880-02-.14(10)(c) to be effective on December 18, 2002 was filed and effective November 6, 2002. Amendment to rules 0880-03-.01, 0880-03-.07, 0880-03-.09, 0880-03-.15, 0880-10-.01, 0880-10-.07,

0880-10-.09, and 0880-10-.15 filed August 28, 2002; effective November 11, 2002. Original rule 0880-02-.19 and amendments to rules 0880-02-.01, 0880-02-.02, 0880-02-.07, 0880-02-.09,

0880-02-.10, 0880-02-.11, 0880-02-.12, 0880-02-.14, 0880-04-.01, 0880-04-.05, 0880-04-.09, 0880-04- .15, and 0880-05-.08 filed September 5, 2002; effective November 19, 2002. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.14 filed September 26, 2002; effective December 10, 2002. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.14, 0880-05-.05, and 0880-05-.06 filed October 4, 2002; effective December 18, 2002. Original rules 0880-12-.01 through 0880-12-.20 filed October 18, 2002; effective January 1, 2003. Amendment to rule 0880-05-.11 filed November 1, 2002; effective January 15, 2003. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.14 filed April 21, 2003; effective July 5, 2003. Original rule 0880-02-.15 filed April 29, 2003; effective July 13, 2003. Amendment to rule 0880-11-.05 filed May 8, 2003; effective July 22, 2003. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.07, 0880-05-.04 through 0880-05-.07, 0880-05-.10, and 0880-05-.11 filed May 28, 2003; effective August 11, 2003. Original rule 0880-02-.20 and repeal of rules 0880-08-01-.01 through 0880-08-01-.17 and 0880-08-02-.01 through 0880-08-02-.08 filed June 3, 2003; effective August 17, 2003. Amendment to rule 0880-03-.21 filed June 26, 2003; effective September 9, 2003. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.02 through 0880-02-.08 filed December 5, 2003; effective February 18, 2004. Amendment to rule 0880-12-.06 filed January 5, 2004; effective March 20, 2004. Amendment to rule 0880-06-.02 filed June 8, 2004; effective August 22, 2004. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.20 filed June 10, 2004; effective August 24, 2004. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.12 and 0880-04-.15 filed June 30, 2004; effective September 13, 2004. Amendment to rules 0880-03-.15 and 0880-10-.15 filed September 8, 2004; effective November 22, 2004. Amendments to rules 0880-11-.15 and 0880-12-.15 filed September 24, 2004; effective December 8, 2004. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.15 filed October 12, 2004; effective December 26, 2004. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.08 filed December 28, 2004; effective March 13, 2005. Amendment to rule 0880-11-.06 filed March 10, 2005; effective May 24, 2005. Original rule 0880-02-.21 filed August 3, 2005; effective October 17, 2005. Original rule 0880-02-.22 and amendments to rules 0880-02-.02 through 0880-02-.07, 0880-02-.14, and

0880-02-.21 filed August 23, 2005; effective November 6, 2005. Original chapter 0880-09; repeal and new rule 0880-05-.12; and amendments to rules 0880-02-.04, 0880- 02-.16, 0880-02-.19, 0880-05-.08, and 0880-05-.09 filed November 23, 2005; effective February 6, 2006. Original rules 0880-03-.18 and 0880-10-.18 filed December 2, 2005; effective February 15, 2006. Amendments to rules 0880-02-.03, 0880-02-.04, 0880-02-.05, 0880-02-.06, 0880-02-.07, 0880-02-.16,

0880-04-.05, 0880-04-.09, 0880-04-.11, 0880-05-.04, 0880-05-.11, and 0880-09-.04 filed March 14, 2006; effective May 28, 2006. Original rule 0880-12-.12; and amendments to rules 0880-03-.05, 0880-10-.05, 0880-12-.04, 0880-12-.05,

0880-12-.09, and 0880-12-.11 filed March 17, 2006; effective May 31, 2006. Amendments to rules 0880-02-.09, 0880-02-.10, 0880-02-.14, 0880-02-.20, 0880-05-.01, 0880-05-.10, and 0880-05-.11 filed on March 22, 2006; effective June 5, 2006. Amendments to rules 0880-11-.05 and 0880-11-.14 filed April 5, 2006; effective June 19, 2006. Amendments to rules 0880-02-.14 and 0880-02-.22 filed April 17, 2006; effective July 1, 2006. Amendments to rules 0880-03-.02, 0880-03-.15, 0880-03-.19, 0880-03-.21, 0880-10-.15, and 0880-10- .19 filed June 23, 2006; effective September 6, 2006. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.08 and 0880-09-.08 filed July 24, 2006; effective October 10, 2006. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.13, 0880-02-.14, and 0880-02-.21 filed December 29, 2006; effective March 14, 2007. Chapter 0880-04 was transferred to 0150-01 by the Secretary of State under the authority of Public Chapter 872 of the Acts of 2006; effective April 30, 2007. Amendment to rules 0880-11-.19 and 0880-11-.20 filed March 16, 2007; effective May 30, 2007. Amendment to rules 0880-12-.19 and 0880-12-.20 filed March 16, 2007; effective may 30, 2007. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.03, 0880-02-.04, 0880-02-.05, 0880-02-.20, 0880-05-.05, 0880-05-.06, and

0880-05-.11 filed March 22, 2007; effective June 5, 2007. Amendment to rules 0880-03-.20 and 0880-10-.20 filed March 22, 2007; effective June 5, 2007. Amendment to rules 0880-03-.19 and 0880-10-.19 filed April 17, 2007; effective July 1, 2007. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.08 and 0880-02-.19 filed April 17, 2007; effective July 1, 2007. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.21 filed June 12, 2007; effective August 26, 2007. Public necessity rule 0880-02-.21 filed October 8, 2007; effective through March 21, 2008. Emergency rule 0880-02-.21 filed March 20, 2008; effective through September 1, 2008. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.14 filed February 13, 2008; effective April 28, 2008. Repeal and new rule 0880-02-.21 filed March 5, 2008; effective May 19, 2008. Amendment to rules 0880-02-.08, 0880-05-.04, 0880-05-.05, 0880-05-.07, and 0880-05-.09 filed May 27, 2008; effective August 10, 2008. Original chapter 0880-13 and amendments to rules 0800-02-.05, 0800-02-.06, 0800-02-.12, and 0800-02- .13 filed July 1, 2008; effective September 14, 2008. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.04 filed March 13, 2009; effective May 27, 2009. Public necessity rule 0880-02-.23 filed June 25, 2009; effective through December 7, 2009. Public necessity rule 0880-03-.24 filed June 30, 2009; effective through December 12, 2009. Public necessity rule 0880-02-.23 filed June 25, 2009 expired; on December 8, 2009, the rule reverted to its prior status. Public necessity rule 0880-03-.24 filed June 30, 2009 expired; on December 13, 2009, the rule reverted to its prior status. Emergency rule 0880-02-.23 filed December 21, 2009; effective through June 19, 2010. Emergency rule 0880-03-.24 filed December 21, 2009; effective through June 19, 2010. Amendments to rules 0880-11-.03 and 0880-11-.15 filed December 23, 2009; effective March 23, 2010. Original chapter 0880-14 filed March 2, 2010; effective May 31, 2010. Original rule 0880-02-.23 filed March 22, 2010; effective June 20, 2010. Original rule 0880-03-.24 filed March 22, 2010; effective June 20, 2010. Amendments to rules 0880-03-.03, 0880-03-.07, 0880-03-.14, 0880-03-.15, 0880-10-.03, and 0880-10- .15 filed August 5, 2010; effective November 3, 2010. Amendments to rules 0880-03-.06 and 0880-03-.15 filed January 20, 2012; effective April 19, 2012. On April 17, 2012, the Board of Medical Examiners filed a withdrawal of amendments to 0880-03-.15(2), (3), (4) and (5). Amendments to rules 0880-10-.06 and 0880-10-.15 filed January 20, 2012; effective April 19, 2012. On April 17, 2012, the Board of Medical Examiners filed a withdrawal of amendments to 0880-10-.15(2), (3), (4) and (5). Amendment to rule 0880-12-.06 filed January 22, 2013; effective April 22, 2013. Amendment to rule 0880-14-.02 filed May 16, 2013; effective August 14, 2013. Amendment to rule 0880-02-.14 filed April 4, 2014; effective July 3, 2014. Amendments to rule 0880-02-.15 filed April 10, 2014; effective July 9, 2014. Amendments to rules 0880-02-.01 and 0880-02-.19 filed September 3, 2014; effective December 2, 2014. Amendments to rule 0880-02-.08 filed January 26, 2015; effective April 26, 2015. Amendments to rules 0880-03-.06 and 0880-03-.12 filed March 23, 2016; effective June 21, 2016. Amendment to rule 0880-10-.06 filed March 23, 2016; effective June 21, 2016. Amendment to rule 0880-12-.06 filed April 20, 2016; effective July 19, 2016. Amendments to rule 0880-02-.16 filed August 2, 2016; effective October 31, 2016. Amendments to rule 0880-02-.14 filed January 31, 2017; effective May 1, 2017. Amendments to rules 0880-02-.08 and 0880-02-.11 filed February 1, 2017; effective May 2, 2017. Amendments to rules 0880-14-.08 and 0880-14-.09 filed May 25, 2017; effective August 23, 2017. Amendments to rule 0880-11-.06 filed July 3, 2017; to have become effective October 1, 2017. However, 75-day stay of effective date filed September 18, 2017; new effective date December 15, 2017. Amendments to rule 0880-02-.01 and 0880-02-.02 and original rule 0880-02-.24 filed July 31, 2018; effective October 29, 2018. Emergency rules 0880-02-.25 and 0880-03-.25 filed March 29, 2019; effective through September 25, 2019. Original rules 0880-02-.25 and 0880-03-.25 filed May 14, 2019; effective August 12, 2019. Amendments to rule 0880-02-.02 filed July 25, 2019; effective October 23, 2019. Chapter 0880-03 transferred to chapter 1130-01 on August 16, 2021, pursuant to Public Chapter 565 of 2021. Chapter 0880-10 transferred to chapter 1130-02 on August 16, 2021, pursuant to Public Chapter 565 of 2021. Amendments to rules 0880-02-.02, 0880-02-.05, and 0880-02-.06 and new rule 0880-02-.26 filed October 4, 2021; effective January 2, 2022. Amendments to rules 0880-02-.08, 0880-02-.09, 0880-02-.10, and 0880-02-.19 filed March 8, 2022; effective June 6, 2022. Amendments to rule 0880-14-.06 filed March 16, 2023; effective June 14, 2023. Amendments to rule 0880-12-.06 filed March 4, 2025; effective June 2, 2025. Emergency rules 0880-02-.02 through 0880-02-.06, 0880-02-.10, and 0880-02-.27 filed June 17, 2025; effective through December 14, 2025. Amendments to rules 0880-02-.02 through 0880-02-.06 and 0880-02-.10 and new rule 0880-02-.27 filed August 15, 2025; effective November 13, 2025. Amendments to rule 0880-14-.02 filed September 29, 2025; effective December 28, 2025. Amendments to rule 0880-14-.03 filed September 29, 2025; effective December 28, 2025. Amendments to rule 0880-14-.06 filed February 19, 2026; effective May 20, 2026. Emergency rules 0880-15-.01 through 0880-15-.10 filed May 20, 2026; effective through November 16, 2026.