Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-7-120 (2026)
Violations and penalties
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) It is a Class B misdemeanor for any person, corporation or association to:
- (1) Sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any nursing diploma, license or record, or aid or abet therein;
- (2) Practice nursing as defined by this chapter under cover of any diploma, license or record illegally or fraudulently obtained or assigned or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation;
- (3) Practice nursing as defined by this chapter unless duly licensed to do so under this chapter;
- (4) Use in connection with the person's name any designation tending to imply that the person is a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse unless duly licensed so to practice under this chapter;
- (5) Practice nursing during the time the person's license issued under this chapter is suspended or revoked;
- (6) Conduct a school of nursing or a program for the training of practical nurses unless the school or program has been approved by the board; or
- (7) Otherwise violate any provisions of this chapter.
- (b) Legal procedure in prosecution of violations of this section shall be in accordance with general statutes.
Acts 1967, ch. 78, § 29; 1976, ch. 501, § 11; T.C.A., § 63-757; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 112.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2000–2001 · leading case: Cantrell v. Knox Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 53 S.W.3d 659 (Tenn. 2001).
Cantrell v. Knox Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 53 S.W.3d 659 (Tenn. 2001). “r the Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act, a claim for retaliatory discharge, a claim under the Tennessee Human Rights Act, and a claim that the plaintiffs would have been committing a Class B misdemeanor offense had they complied with the Board policy…”
Cora Cantrell v. Knox Cnty. Bd of Ed. (Tenn. 2001). “-2- contracts such that they may be entitled to back pay and benefits beyond the expiration of their written contracts.”
Cora B. Cantrell v. Knox Cnty. Bd. of Educ. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “In their original complaint, the teacher aides had contended that performing catheterizations was a Class B misdemeanor offense because it was the practice of nursing by unlicensed personnel under Tennessee Code Annotated § 63-7-120. The Appellees maintained that the practice of…”
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