Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-1-104 (2024)

• (a) Upon proper direction by the appropriate licensing board, the division shall forthwith issue to the applicant a license of a size and artistic design to be determined by the board.

• (b) Every such license issued by the division shall be dated and be numbered in the order of issuance and shall be signed by the executive officer and by the members of the state board charged with the duty by law of issuing the preliminary certificates.

• (c) No license, examination or certification shall be denied to any person for practice of any of the healing arts under this title because such person is not a citizen of the United States, if such person is legally entitled to live within the United States.

• (d) Any board, committee, council, or agency created pursuant to this title or title 68 that regulates health professionals shall have the authority to do the following at its discretion:
  • (1) Issue a limited license of temporary duration to applicants who have been out of clinical practice or inactive in their practice for an extended period of time, or who have been or are at the time of their application engaged exclusively in administrative practice; provided, that the applicant meets all other requirements for licensure;
  • (2) Restrict the scope of practice under such limited license as deemed appropriate;
  • (3) Restrict the duration of such limited license as deemed appropriate;
  • (4) Condition the granting of a full license upon an applicant's completion of any educational measures or supervised practice requirements deemed necessary and appropriate to ensure the applicant's competency to practice the profession for which a license is sought.

• (e) At the conclusion of the duration of a limited license granted pursuant to subsection (d), an applicant may be eligible for full licensure if the applicant has completed the educational measures or supervised practice requirements the board, committee, council, or agency deemed necessary and appropriate to ensure the applicant's competency to practice. The board, committee, council, or agency may grant a full license before the conclusion of a limited license's duration if an applicant has completed the specified educational measures or practice requirements prior to the expiration of the limited license.

• (f) A board, committee, council, or agency may promulgate rules establishing other conditions or requirements with respect to the issuance of limited licenses pursuant to this section in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

• (g) The recipient of a limited license pursuant to this section may engage in the full scope of practice of the applicable profession subject to any limitations or restrictions imposed by the board, committee, council, or agency.

Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 240,s 2, eff. 5/2/2017.

Acts 1947, ch. 9, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 6907.4 (Williams, § 6917.21); Acts 1969, ch. 338, § 1; 1980, ch. 851, § 5; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 63-109; Acts 1975, ch. 355, § 1; 1984, ch. 937, § 62; T.C.A., §§ 63-1-103, 63-1-110.