Rules of the Tennessee Board of Nursing — Introduction

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

1000-01 .................................................................General Rules and Regulations Governing Nursing

1000-02 ...............................................................Rules and Regulations of Licensed Practical Nurses

1000-03 .......................................................................... Rules and Regulations of Registered Nurses

1000-04 .....................................................................................Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

1000-05 ………………………………………………………………………………………Medication Aides

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Original chapters 1000-01 through 1000-02 were certified on May 10, 1974, under Chapter 491 of the Public Acts of 1974 as rules in effect when Chapter 491 became effective. 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. Amendment to rule 1000-01-.04 filed May 17, 1974; effective June 17, 1974. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.04 and 1000-02-.04 filed October 30, 1975; effective November 30, 1975. Original chapter 1000-03 filed November 22, 1978; effective January 8, 1979. Amendment to rule 1000-02-.09 filed January 28, 1980; effective March 13, 1980. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.06 and 1000-02-.06 filed May 29, 1980; effective August 27, 1980. Amendments to rules 1000-04-.01 through 1000-04-.03 filed April 5, 1982; effective May 20, 1982. Amendments to rules 1000-02-.01 and 1000-02-.08 filed June 1, 1982; effective July 16, 1982. Original rules 1000-01-.12 and 1000-02-.12 filed June 1, 1982; effective July 16, 1982. Original rules 1000-01-.13 and 1000-02-.13 filed December 3, 1982; effective January 3, 1983. Original rules 1000-01-.14 and 1000-02-.14 and amendments to rules 1000-01-.01 through 1000-01-.04 and 1000-02-.01 through 1000-02-.04 filed February 28, 1983; effective March 30, 1983. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.04, 1000-02-.04 and 1000-04-.03 filed February 14, 1984; effective March 15, 1984. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.01, 1000-01-.03, 1000-01-.07, 1000-01-.14, 1000-02-.01, 1000-02-.03,

1000-02-.07 and 1000-02-.14 filed January 31, 1985; effective March 2, 1985. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.12 and 1000-02-.12 filed February 13, 1985; effective March 15, 1985. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.01, 1000-01-.03 through 1000-01-.05, 1000-01-.12, 1000-02-.03 through

1000-02-.05 and 1000-02-.12 filed September 18, 1985; effective October 18, 1985. Amendments to rules 1000-04-.01 through 1000-04-.03 filed November 4, 1985; effective December 4, 1985. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.01 and 1000-02-.01 filed January 30, 1987; effective March 16, 1987. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.12 and 1000-02-.12 filed January 12, 1988; effective February 26, 1988. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.12 and 1000-02-.12 filed November 27, 1989; effective January 11, 1990. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.04 and 1000-02-.04 filed December 18, 1989; effective February 1, 1990. Amendment to rule 1000-01-.12 filed January 31, 1990; effective March 17, 1990. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.12 and 1000-02-.12 filed October 19, 1990; effective December 3, 1990. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.12 and 1000-02-.12 filed October 26, 1990; effective December 10, 1990. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.03, 1000-01-.12, 1000-02-.03 and 1000-02-.12 filed October 24, 1991; effective December 8, 1991. Amendment to rule 1000-04-.03 filed August 7, 1992; effective September 21, 1992. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.12 and 1000-02-.12 and original rule 1000-04-.04 filed March 11, 1993; effective April 25, 1993. Amendment to rules 1000-02-.07, 1000-02-.09, and 1000-02-.13 filed August 27, 1993; effective September 15, 1993. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.13, 1000-02-.07, 1000-02-.09, 1000-02-.10 and 1000-02-.13 filed June 16, 1994; effective August 30, 1994. Original rules 1000-01-.15, 1000-02-.15 filed September 21, 1994; effective December 5, 1994. Amendment to rules 1000-04-.01 and 1000-04-.02 filed December 30, 1994; effective March 18, 1995 Amendment to rule 1000-01-.03, 1000-01-.12, 1000-02-.03, and 1000-02-.12 filed July 7, 1995; effective September 20, 1995. Amendment to rule 1000-01-.07, 1000-02-.07, 1000-04-.03 and 1000-04-.04 filed February 21, 1996; effective May 6, 1996. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.01 and 1000-02-.01 filed April 12, 1996; effective June 26, 1996. Amendment to rule 1000-02-.04 filed August 19, 1996; effective November 2, 1996. Amendment to rule 1000-04-.01 filed June 26, 1997; effective September 8, 1997. Amendment to rule 1000-02-.12 filed November 30, 1998; effective February 13, 1999. Amendment to rules 1000-04-.01 and 1000-04-.03 filed March 25, 1999; effective June 8, 1999. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.13 and 1000-02-.13 filed June 29, 1999; effective September 12, 1999. Withdrawal to rules 1000-01-.04(6)(c) and 1000-02-.04(6)(c) filed and effective December 4, 1999. Original rule 1000-04-.05 and Amendment to rules 1000-01-.04, 1000-02-.04, and 1000-04-.01 filed October 26, 1999; effective January 9, 2000. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.04 and 1000-02-.04 filed April 28, 2000; effective July 12, 2000. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.04, 1000-01-.15, 1000-02-.04 and 1000-02-.15 filed November 22, 2000; effective February 6, 2001. Original rule 1000-01-.16 and repeal of rule 1000-04-.05 filed March 9, 2001; effective May 23, 2001. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.12 and 1000-02-.12 filed August 21, 2001; effective November 4, 2001. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.11, 1000-01-.14, 1000-02-.11, and 1000-02-.14 filed August 31, 2001; effective November 14, 2001. Amendment to rules 1000-01-.03, 1000-01-.15, and 1000-02-.03 filed September 4, 2002; effective December 8, 2002. Original rules 1000-01-.17 and 1000-02-.16 filed April 4, 2003; effective June 18, 2003. Original rules 1000-04-.06 and 1000-04-.07, repeal of rules 1000-04-.01 through 1000-04-.05, and new rules 1000-04-.01 through 1000-04-.05 filed May 28, 2004; effective August 11, 2004. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.04 and 1000-02-.04 filed September 24, 2004; effective December 8, 2004. Original rule 1000-04-.08, and amendments to rules 1000-01-.14, 1000-01-.15, and 1000-02-.14 filed October 18, 2004; effective January 1, 2005. Amendments to 1000-01-.07, 1000-01-.13 and 1000-02-.13, and original rule 1000-04-.09 filed March 21, 2005; effective June 4, 2005. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.13, 1000-01-.15, 1000-02-.13, and 1000-04-.06 filed November 4, 2005; effective January 18, 2006. Repeal of rule 1000-04-.05; and amendments to rules 1000-01-.12, 1000-01-.17, 1000-02-.16, 1000-04- .03, and 1000-04-.06 filed December 16, 2005; effective March 1, 2006. Amendment to rule 1000-02-.15 filed January 18, 2006; effective April 3, 2006. Original rules 1000-01-.18 and 1000-02-.17; and amendments to rules 1000-01-.01, 1000-01-.02, 1000- 02-.01 and 1000-02-.02 filed March 14, 2006; effective May 28, 2006. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.04 and 1000-02-.04 filed May 5, 2006; effective July 19, 2006. Original rules 1000-01-.19 and 1000-02-.18; and amendments to rules 1000-01-.01, .02, .03, .12, .15, and

1000-02-.01, .02, .03, and .12 filed March 23, 2007; effective June 6, 2007. Public necessity rule 1000-04-.10 filed June 25, 2009; effective through December 7, 2009. Public necessity rule 1000-04-.10 filed June 25, 2009 expired; on December 8, 2009, the rule reverted to its prior status. Emergency rule 1000-04-.10 filed December 21, 2009; effective through June 19, 2010. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.12 and 1000-02-.12 filed November 18, 2009; effective February 16, 2010. Original rule 1000-04-.10 filed March 22, 2009; effective June 20, 2010. Repeal and new rules 1000-01-.17 and 1000-02-.16 filed August 5, 2011; effective November 3, 2011. Original chapter 1000-05 filed May 15, 2012; effective August 13, 2012. On July 13, the Government Operations Committee filed a 60-day stay of the rules; new effective date October 12, 2012. On August 27, 2012, the Board of Nursing filed a withdrawal of rule 100-05-.07(3)(f). Amendments to rule 1000-04-.05 filed December 20, 2012; effective March 20, 2013. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.12, 1000-01-.17, 1000-02-.16, and 1000-04-.05 and new rule 1000-01-.20 filed March 24, 2015; effective June 22, 2015. Amendments to rules 1000-05-.01, 1000-05-.02, 1000-05-.03, and 1000-05-.05 through 1000-05-.11 filed September 11, 2017; effective December 10, 2017. Emergency rule 1000-04-.11 filed March 29, 2019; effective through September 25, 2019. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.12, 1000-02-.12, 1000-04-.06, and 1000-05-.05 filed May 7, 2019; effective August 5, 2019. Original rule 1000-04-.11 filed May 14, 2019; effective August 12, 2019. Amendments to rules 1000-01-.17, 1000-01-.20, and 1000-02-.16 filed April 1, 2021; effective June 30, 2021. Amendments to rules 1000-05-.03 and 1000-05-.07 filed May 4, 2023; effective August 2, 2023. Repeal of rules 1000-01-.01 through 1000-01-.20, 1000-02-.01 through 1000-02-.18, 1000-03-.01, and

1000-04-.01 through 1000-04-.11 and new rules 1000-01-.01 through 1000-01-.20, 1000-02-.01, 1000-02- .02, 1000-03-.01 through 1000-03-.03, and 1000-04-.01 through 1000-04-.13 filed July 10, 2024; effective October 8, 2024. Amendments to rule 1000-01-.02 filed January 8, 2026; effective April 8, 2026.