(a) The commissioner of health shall:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 63-26-108

  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of health and includes designees of the commissioner of health. See Tennessee Code 63-26-102
  • Electrology: means the art and practice relating to the removal of hair from the normal skin of the human body by application of an electric current to the hair papilla by means of a needle or needles so as to cause growth inactivity of the hair papilla and thus permanently remove the hair. See Tennessee Code 63-26-102
  • Electrolysis: means the process by which the hair is removed from the normal skin by the application of an electric current to the hair root by means of a needle or needles, whether the process employs direct electric current or short wave alternating electric current or combination of both, or by FDA approved laser beam process designated for permanent hair removal. See Tennessee Code 63-26-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(1) Promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and reasonable for the enforcement of this chapter;
(2) Establish continuing education requirements;
(3) Establish standards for the training and practice of electrolysis;
(4) Maintain a list of all current licensed electrologists, licensed electrolysis schools and training centers, and licensed electrology instructors; and
(5) Adopt a code of ethics governing the practice of electrology by licensees under this chapter.
(b) In no event shall this chapter be interpreted as conferring on the commissioner the authority or jurisdiction to regulate the practice of medicine or osteopathy by persons licensed under chapter 6 or 9 of this title, or to regulate the activities of those persons employed by such licensed physicians, and who perform services under the supervision and control of licensed physicians or osteopaths who have made an evaluation of the patient and who have supervised a diagnostic screening with respect to the patient, unless such employees or agents are holding themselves out to be licensed electrologists. It is the specific intent of the general assembly that the regulation of the practice of medicine or osteopathy falls within the sole and exclusive purview of the licensing boards designated under chapter 6 and 9 of this title. Further, the commissioner shall have no jurisdiction or authority to regulate in any manner the practice of electrology by individuals licensed under chapter 6 or 9 of this title.