Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Physician: means an individual lawfully licensed to practice medicine and surgery pursuant to chapter 6 of this title, osteopathic medicine pursuant to chapter 9 of this title, or podiatry pursuant to chapter 3 of this title. See Tennessee Code 63-19-102
Physician assistant: means an individual who is licensed to render services, whether diagnostic or therapeutic, that are acts constituting the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine and who meets the qualifications defined in this part. See Tennessee Code 63-19-102
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
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
(1) Deny an application for a license to an applicant who applies for a license through reciprocity or otherwise;(2) Permanently or temporarily withhold issuance of a license;(3) Suspend, limit, or restrict a previously issued license for such time and in such manner as the board may determine;(4) Reprimand or take such action in relation to disciplining an applicant or licensee, including, but not limited to, informal settlements, private censures and warnings, and issuing civil penalties, as the board in its discretion may deem proper; or(5) Permanently revoke a license.(b) The grounds upon which the board shall exercise such power include, but are not limited to:
(1) The conviction of a crime;(2)Fraud in procuring or attempting to procure a license to practice medicine as a physician assistant;(3) The commission of unprofessional or unethical conduct;(4) An addiction to the use of alcohol, narcotics, or other drugs;(5) Engaging in the inappropriate prescribing, dispensing, or otherwise distributing a controlled substance or other drug in the course of professional practice;(6) Suspension or revocation of a license in another state for disciplinary reasons; or(7) Failure to comply with the lawful order or duly promulgated rules of the board.(c) Upon issuing disciplinary action to a licensee, the board shall notify the board of medical examiners, board of osteopathic examination, or board of podiatry, as appropriate, of the disciplinary action and the licensee’s primary collaborating physician of record.(d) A disciplinary action issued by the board for a violation involving the prescribing, dispensing, or otherwise issuing of controlled substances by a physician assistant must also be approved by the board of medical examiners, and the board shall give notice to the appropriate licensing board of the primary collaborating physician of record.
