Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-225 (2026)
Unlawful division of fees by physicians
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) It is an offense for any licensed physician or surgeon to divide or to agree to divide any fee or compensation of any sort received or charged in the practice of medicine or surgery with any person without the knowledge and consent of the person paying the fee or compensation or against whom the fee may be charged.
- (b) This section does not prohibit a physician from compensating any independent contractor that provides goods or services to the physician on the basis of a percentage of the physician's fees generated in the practice of medicine. The percentage paid must be reasonably related to the value of the goods or services provided. Payments by physicians in return for referrals are prohibited.
- (c) A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 3; 1995, ch. 466, § 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2003–2021 · leading case: Cardiac Anesthesia Servs., PLLC v. Jon Jones, 385 S.W.3d 530 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012).
Cardiac Anesthesia Servs., PLLC v. Jon Jones, 385 S.W.3d 530 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “Jones first became aware of Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-225 and whether Mr.”
Williams v. The Lasik Vision Inst., LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2021). “) In her Complaint, Plaintiff alleges seven counts: class action counts3 for violation of anti-fee-splitting statute Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-225 (a) & 63-6226(a), aiding and abetting violation of the statute, civil conspiracy to violate the statute, constructive trust as a…”
Plastic Surgery Assocs. Of Kingsport Inc. v. Gregory H. Pastrick (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). “This court held: Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-225 (a) is quite clear.”
Williams v. The Lasik Vision Inst., LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2021). “BACKGROUND This Motion is before the Court in Plaintiff Tamara Williams’s (“Williams”) suit against Vision Holdings, the Rynerson Defendants, and other related entities for undisclosed fee- splitting by a physician in violation of Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 63-6-225 (a) & 63-6-226(a)…”
Joseph E. Rich, M.D. v. Dan Warlick (Tenn. Ct. App. 2014). “The contract included a provision that could be read as requiring the splitting of fees between the parties, which is prohibited by Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-225 . The practice group sued, alleging that the medical center breached the contract, and the medical center filed a motion…”
Richard Feldman v. Bd. of Med. Examiners (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). “Specifically, the State cites Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-225 (b) (1997) which states that "[p]ayments by physicians in return for referrals are prohibited" and gives such conduct the status of a Class B misdemeanor.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-225(a) — 2 cases
Cardiac Anesthesia Servs., PLLC v. Jon Jones, 385 S.W.3d 530 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “Jones first became aware of Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-225 and whether Mr.”
Williams v. The Lasik Vision Inst., LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2021). “) In her Complaint, Plaintiff alleges seven counts: class action counts3 for violation of anti-fee-splitting statute Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-225 (a) & 63-6226(a), aiding and abetting violation of the statute, civil conspiracy to violate the statute, constructive trust as a…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-225(b) — 1 case
Williams v. The Lasik Vision Inst., LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2021). “) In her Complaint, Plaintiff alleges seven counts: class action counts3 for violation of anti-fee-splitting statute Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-225 (a) & 63-6226(a), aiding and abetting violation of the statute, civil conspiracy to violate the statute, constructive trust as a…”
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