Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-19-104 (2026)

The board has the duty to:

• (1) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, promulgate, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, all rules that are reasonably necessary for the implementation of this chapter, including, but not limited to, rules that implement the administrative functions of the board and that specify the acts and offenses that subject the license holder to disciplinary action by the board pursuant to subdivision (7);

• (2) Set fees, subject to the maximum limitations prescribed by this part, relative to the examination, licensure, and licensure renewal of physician assistants in an amount sufficient to pay all of the expenses of the board and establish and collect a late renewal fee from those physician assistants who fail to renew their licenses in a timely manner;

• (3) Review the qualifications of, and approve or reject each applicant for initial licensure as a physician assistant;

• (4) Biennially review the qualifications of, and approve or reject each applicant for biennial licensure renewal. The board shall condition approval for renewal on the receipt of evidence satisfactory to the board of the applicant's successful completion, within a two-year period prior to the application for license renewal, of one hundred (100) hours of continuing medical education approved by the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the American Medical Association, or the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. The two-year period within which an applicant must have obtained the required continuing medical education hours is either the twenty-four (24) months prior to submitting the application for renewal or the most recent two-year period utilized by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants to determine whether that person has obtained sufficient continuing medical education hours to maintain that person's professional certification. The board may, in its discretion, waive or modify the continuing medical education requirement in cases of retirement, illness, disability, or other undue hardship;

• (5) Issue all approved physician assistant licenses and renewals;

• (6) Collect or receive all fees, fines, and moneys owed pursuant to this part and to pay the same into the general fund of the state. For the purpose of implementing subdivision (2), all fees, fines, and moneys collected pursuant to the regulation of physician assistants must be so designated. Any fiscal balance or deficit that the board of medical examiners' committee on physician assistants has at the time that this act becomes law must be transferred to the board of physician assistants' budget; and

• (7) Deny a license, or discipline in accordance with § 63-19-110(a), a license holder who is guilty of violating any of the provisions of this part or who is guilty of violating the rules of the board promulgated pursuant to subdivision (1). When sanctions are imposed on a license holder pursuant to this subdivision (7) or this part, the license holder may, in addition, be required to pay the actual and reasonable costs of the investigation and prosecution of the case, including the costs incurred and assessed for the time of the prosecuting attorney or attorneys, the investigator or investigators, and any other persons involved in the investigation, prosecution, and hearing of the case. The board may limit, restrict, or impose one (1) or more conditions on a license at the time it is issued, renewed, or reinstated or as a sanction imposed at the conclusion of a disciplinary hearing.

Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 565, s 6, eff. 5/26/2021.

Acts 1985, ch. 376, § 1; T.C.A., § 63-19-204; Acts 1988, ch. 906, § 3; 1989, ch. 194, § 1; 1995, ch. 16, §§ 1-3; 1997 , ch. 207, §§ 2-5; 2000, ch. 584, §§ 1, 2.