Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-302 (2026)
Impersonation of licensed professional
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) It is unlawful for any person who is not licensed to do so, to practice or pretend to be licensed to practice a profession for which a license certifying the qualifications of the licensee to practice the profession is required.
- (b) A violation of this section is a Class E felony.
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2022 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Alberto Camacho (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007).
State of Tennessee v. Alberto Camacho (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007). “Appellant was charged with violating T.C.A. § 39-16-302. That statute makes it a crime to impersonate a licensed professional.”
State of Tennessee v. Gary Allen Carlton (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012). “OPINION Factual and Procedural Background The Defendant was indicted on one count of impersonating a licensed professional, a home improvement contractor, see Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-302 (2006), and one count of operating a home improvement business without a license, a…”
Reese L. Smith, Jr. v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2006). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-302 (a). In order to obtain a conviction pursuant to that statute, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant: (1) practiced or pretended to be a licensed to practice as a private investigator; (2) that private investigation is a…”
Smith v. State of Tennessee (E.D. Tenn. 2022). “Ground I Petitioner states that Detective Brannon “was never legally [POST4] certified in the State of Tennessee” under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-302 (a)5, and therefore, “the evidence he collected and entered was inadmissible in court” [Doc.”
State v. Bobby Watkins (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997). “He told them that when they were 1 Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-16-302 ; 62-26-204,-230.”
State of Tennessee v. John Edward Dawson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2011). “” T.C.A. § 39-16-302(a) (2006). -14- reprehensible the state action in this case.”
State of Tennessee v. Bretran R. Thompson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2008). “T.C.A. § 39-16-302 (2006). Like the Court in Winningham, we conclude that the elements of contempt are wholly different from the elements of both theft and impersonation of a licensed professional.”
Raymond Rutter v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004). “” The reference to the unlawful practice of a profession statute, T.C.A. § 39-16-302, gave the petitioner sufficient notice of the charge.”
State of Tennessee v. Nicky Lowe Evans (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015). “” Counts seven through eleven of the indictment alleged that the appellant, Clendenin, and a third name that has been redacted, presumably that of Madden, impersonated a licensed professional in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-16-302. -5- gave the appellant the…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-302(a) — 2 cases
State of Tennessee v. Alberto Camacho (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007). “Appellant was charged with violating T.C.A. § 39-16-302. That statute makes it a crime to impersonate a licensed professional.”
State of Tennessee v. John Edward Dawson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2011). “” T.C.A. § 39-16-302(a) (2006). -14- reprehensible the state action in this case.”
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