Tennessee § 63-19-202 - Licensure requirement.
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§ 63-19-202. Licensure requirement.
No person shall claim to be or function as an orthopedic physician assistant unless such person holds a valid orthopedic physician assistant license issued by the board. The board shall license no person as an orthopedic physician assistant unless: The person is a graduate of an orthopedic physician assistant training program deemed adequate by the committee on physician assistants and the board of medical examiners; and The person has successfully completed the examination of the National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Physician Assistants; or Alternatively to the requirements of subdivisions (b)(1) and (2), the person may be licensed as an orthopedic physician assistant if the person has successfully completed the examination of the National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Physician Assistants and was performing services as an orthopedic physician assistant in this state on May 30, 1995. The board or the committee may require that an applicant for licensure as an orthopedic physician assistant appear before the board or the committee to answer any questions regarding the applicant's fitness for licensure. Acts 1995, ch. 337, § 4; 1997, ch. 207, § 5. Attorney General Opinions. Constitutionality and construction of subdivision (b)(3)'s alternative licensure provision, OAG 98-059 (3/9/98).
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Section 63-19-202 ("Licensure requirement.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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