Tennessee § 63-13-201 - Legislative purpose.

§ 63-13-201. Legislative purpose.

This part is enacted to: Safeguard the public health, safety and welfare; Protect the public from being misled by incompetent, unscrupulous and unauthorized persons; Assure the highest degree of professional conduct on the part of occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants; and Assure that the available occupational therapy services are of high quality to persons in need of such services. It is the purpose of this part to provide for the regulation of persons offering occupational therapy services to the public. Acts 1984, ch. 921, § 3; T.C.A., § 63-13-301 ; Acts 1999, ch. 415, § 2. Compiler's Notes. Acts 1984, ch. 921, § 7, provided that all rules, regulations, procedures and practices in effect under the former Physical Therapy Practice Act formerly compiled in §§ 63-13-101 — 63-13-115 and under the State Occupational Therapy Practice Act, formerly compiled in §§ 63-21-101 — 63-21-111 , shall continue in effect until such time as the state board of occupational and physical therapy examiners takes appropriate action to modify the rules, regulations, procedures or practices. Assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records and unexpended balances of appropriations or other funds employed, held by, or available to the board of physical therapy examiners are transferred to the board of occupational and physical therapy examiners. All disciplinary actions arising from conduct prohibited by former title 63, ch. 13, part 1 or former title 63, ch. 21, part 1, prior to July 1, 1984, shall be maintained, or subject to action, by the board of occupational and physical therapy examiners according to the laws in effect at the time the prohibited conduct occurred. Former part 2, §§ 63-13-201 — 63-13-205 , was transferred to part 1 in 1986.