Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (2026)
Surgical assistants
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) No person shall use or assume the title "registered surgical assistant" unless such person is registered with the board as a registered surgical assistant.
- (b) The board shall register as a registered surgical assistant any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that the applicant:
- (1) Holds and maintains a current credential as a surgical assistant or surgical first assistant issued by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting, the National Surgical Assistant Association, or the National Commission for Certification of Surgical Assistants or their successors;
- (2) Has successfully completed a surgical assistant training program during the applicant's service as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States; or
- (3) Has practiced as a surgical assistant at any time in the six (6) months prior to July 1, 2017, provided the applicant registers with the board by December 31, 2019.
- (c) The board shall have the authority to deny, restrict, condition, revoke, or otherwise discipline the registration of a surgical assistant for violation of this section, violation of any rules promulgated pursuant to this section, or any basis provided in § 63-6-214.
Acts 1967, ch. 348, § 1; 1975, ch. 117, § 1; T.C.A., § 63-623; Acts 1983, ch. 344, §§ 1, 2; 1987, ch. 315, § 1; 1988, ch. 609, §§ 1, 2; 1990, ch. 596, § 1; 1992, ch. 916, §§ 1-4; 1993, ch. 404, § 13; 1994, ch. 732, §§ 5, 6; 1997 , ch. 470, § 1; 1999, ch. 305, §§ 1 - 3; 2009 , ch. 46, § 1, repealed by Acts 2011 , ch. 67, § 1, effective 4/12/2011.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 37
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1991–2025 · leading case: Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010).
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
Kimberly Powell v. Cmty. Health Sys., Inc., 312 S.W.3d 496 (Tenn. 2010). “E2008-00535-SC-R11-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the evidentiary privilege in the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)].”
Francis Roy, M.D. v. The City of Harriman, 279 S.W.3d 296 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Bennett filed a motion for summary judgment, contending, among other things, that the document containing the allegedly defamatory statements is privileged and inadmissible under the Tennessee Peer Review Law, Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (2004). The court granted Dr.”
Stratienko v. Chattanooga-hamilton Cnty. Hosp. Auth., 226 S.W.3d 280 (Tenn. 2007). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (b)(l). Some form of punctuation is necessary to join the two independent clauses in the last sentence of subsection (e).”
John B. v. Goetz, 879 F. Supp. 2d 787 (M.D. Tenn. 2010). “The DMHDD has an Incident Reporting System that the Defendants contend falls under Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-219(b) that prohibits the disclosure of information contained in the DMHDD Incident Reporting System.”
Alexander v. Memphis Individual Practice Ass'n, 870 S.W.2d 278 (Tenn. 1994). “Second, whether the defendant is immune from suit under the provisions of T.C.A. 63-6-219, which governs the actions of medical review committees.”
Eyring v. Fort Sanders Parkwest Med. Ctr., Inc., 991 S.W.2d 230 (Tenn. 1999). “J We granted this appeal primarily to determine whether hospitals are entitled to qualified immunity from liability for damages under the Tennessee Peer Review Law, Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (1997). Other issues include whether there was a genuine issue of material fact as to…”
Konvalinka v. Chattanooga-Hamilton Cnty. Hosp. Auth., 249 S.W.3d 346 (Tenn. 2008). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (2004). 4 . The Court of Appeals eventually determined that the circuit court had misinterpreted the Tennessee Peer Review Law.”
Bryant v. Tenet, Inc., 969 S.W.2d 923 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “The Bylaws The UMC bylaws establish a three-tier process that is intended to incorporate the peer review process endorsed by the General Assembly in Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (1997). The process is triggered by the filing of a "request for corrective action.”
Roberts v. Bicknell, 73 S.W.3d 106 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “On January 12, 1998, the trial court granted a Motion for Protective Order filed by non-party Jaekson-Madison County General Hospital District which prevented Plaintiff from discovering certain documents deemed privileged information under T.C.A. § 63-6-219. Defendants filed a…”
Dunham v. Stones River Hosp., Inc., 40 S.W.3d 47 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “This deposition was subsequently stricken by the trial court after a finding that the deposition was taken in a manner inconsistent with the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure and in violation of the Tennessee Peer Review Law codified at Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 . The trial…”
Rechsteiner v. Hazelden, 2008 WI 97 (Wis. 2008). “035 (1), (2) (2007) (defining "peer review committee" for purposes of immunity from civil liability); Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (c) (LexisNexis 2004) (defining "medical review committee" and "peer review committee" for purposes of immunity from civil liability).”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219(a) — 2 cases
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher - Dissenting (Tenn. 2010).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219(b) — 2 cases
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
John B. v. Goetz, 879 F. Supp. 2d 787 (M.D. Tenn. 2010). “The DMHDD has an Incident Reporting System that the Defendants contend falls under Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-219(b) that prohibits the disclosure of information contained in the DMHDD Incident Reporting System.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219(b)(1) — 7 cases
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
Kimberly Powell v. Cmty. Health Sys., Inc., 312 S.W.3d 496 (Tenn. 2010). “E2008-00535-SC-R11-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the evidentiary privilege in the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)].”
John B. v. Goetz, 879 F. Supp. 2d 787 (M.D. Tenn. 2010). “The DMHDD has an Incident Reporting System that the Defendants contend falls under Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-219(b) that prohibits the disclosure of information contained in the DMHDD Incident Reporting System.”
Francis Roy, M.D. v. The City of Harriman, 279 S.W.3d 296 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Bennett filed a motion for summary judgment, contending, among other things, that the document containing the allegedly defamatory statements is privileged and inadmissible under the Tennessee Peer Review Law, Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (2004). The court granted Dr.”
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher - Dissenting (Tenn. 2010).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219(b)(2) — 3 cases
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
Francis Roy, M.D. v. The City of Harriman, 279 S.W.3d 296 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Bennett filed a motion for summary judgment, contending, among other things, that the document containing the allegedly defamatory statements is privileged and inadmissible under the Tennessee Peer Review Law, Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (2004). The court granted Dr.”
Crabtree v. Dodd (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219(c) — 6 cases
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
Kimberly Powell v. Cmty. Health Sys., Inc., 312 S.W.3d 496 (Tenn. 2010). “E2008-00535-SC-R11-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the evidentiary privilege in the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)].”
John B. v. Goetz, 879 F. Supp. 2d 787 (M.D. Tenn. 2010). “The DMHDD has an Incident Reporting System that the Defendants contend falls under Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-219(b) that prohibits the disclosure of information contained in the DMHDD Incident Reporting System.”
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher - Dissenting (Tenn. 2010).
Kimberly Powell v. Cmty. Health Sys., Inc. - Concurring (Tenn. 2010).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219(d) — 2 cases
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher - Dissenting (Tenn. 2010).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219(d)(1) — 4 cases
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
Stratienko v. Chattanooga-hamilton Cnty. Hosp. Auth., 226 S.W.3d 280 (Tenn. 2007). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (b)(l). Some form of punctuation is necessary to join the two independent clauses in the last sentence of subsection (e).”
Joseph C. Curtsinger, Jr. M.D. v. HCA, Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007).
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher - Dissenting (Tenn. 2010).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219(d)(2) — 2 cases
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
Francis Roy, M.D. v. The City of Harriman, 279 S.W.3d 296 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Bennett filed a motion for summary judgment, contending, among other things, that the document containing the allegedly defamatory statements is privileged and inadmissible under the Tennessee Peer Review Law, Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (2004). The court granted Dr.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219(d)(3) — 2 cases
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
Crabtree v. Dodd (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219(e) — 9 cases
Lee Med., Inc. v. Paula Beecher, 312 S.W.3d 515 (Tenn. 2010). “M2008-02496-SC-S09-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the application of the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)] to a hospital system’s business decision regarding the provision of vascular access services to patients in its…”
Kimberly Powell v. Cmty. Health Sys., Inc., 312 S.W.3d 496 (Tenn. 2010). “E2008-00535-SC-R11-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the evidentiary privilege in the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (Supp. 2009)].”
Francis Roy, M.D. v. The City of Harriman, 279 S.W.3d 296 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Bennett filed a motion for summary judgment, contending, among other things, that the document containing the allegedly defamatory statements is privileged and inadmissible under the Tennessee Peer Review Law, Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (2004). The court granted Dr.”
Stratienko v. Chattanooga-hamilton Cnty. Hosp. Auth., 226 S.W.3d 280 (Tenn. 2007). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (b)(l). Some form of punctuation is necessary to join the two independent clauses in the last sentence of subsection (e).”
John B. v. Goetz, 879 F. Supp. 2d 787 (M.D. Tenn. 2010). “The DMHDD has an Incident Reporting System that the Defendants contend falls under Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-219(b) that prohibits the disclosure of information contained in the DMHDD Incident Reporting System.”
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