Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-9-113 (2026)
Supervised osteopathic medical service by physician assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, graduate physician, or pharmacist not prohibited
✓ current as of May 2026
Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to prohibit osteopathic medical service rendered by a physician assistant, registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse, a graduate physician, or a pharmacist pursuant to a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement, if such osteopathic medical service is rendered under the supervision, control and responsibility of a licensed osteopathic physician.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 470, s 2, eff. 1/1/2025.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 832, s 6, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1992, ch. 604, § 5.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2009–2010 · leading case: Cox v. MA Primary & Urgent Care Clinic, 313 S.W.3d 240 (Tenn. 2010).
Cox v. MA Primary & Urgent Care Clinic, 313 S.W.3d 240 (Tenn. 2010). “A physician assistant is defined under the Act as “an individual who renders services, whether diagnostic or therapeutic, that are acts constituting the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine and, but for the provisions of § 63-6-204 8 and § 63-9-113, 9 could only be…”
Melissa Michelle Cox v. M. A. Primary (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “and, but for the provisions of § 63-6-2042 and § 63-9-113,3 could only be performed by a licensed physician.”
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