[Effective 1/1/2025]

(a) The collaborating physician must complete a certification course, which may include material on the laws pertaining to the professional relationship. The certification course must be approved by the board of medical examiners or board of osteopathic examination.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 63-20-111

  • 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
(b) A graduate physician collaborative practice arrangement supersedes current hospital licensing regulations governing hospital medication orders under protocols or standing orders for the purpose of delivering inpatient or emergency care within a hospital as defined in § 68-11-201, if the protocols or standing orders have been approved by the hospital’s medical staff and pharmaceutical therapeutics committee.
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