[Effective 1/1/2025]

A graduate physician collaborative practice arrangement must limit the graduate physician to providing primary care services in:

(1) A medically underserved rural area of this state;

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 63-20-103

  • Graduate physician: means a medical school graduate who:
    (A) Is a resident and citizen of the United States or a legal resident alien in the United States. See Tennessee Code 63-20-102
  • Primary care services: means medical services in pediatrics, internal medicine, and family medicine. See Tennessee Code 63-20-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) A pilot project area established for graduate physicians to practice; or
(3) A rural health clinic as defined under §§ 1861(aa) and 1905 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1395x and 1396d, respectively).