The committee shall have the power to:

(1) Promulgate, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, all rules that are necessary for the implementation and administration of this chapter;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 63-31-104

  • Board: means the board of medical examiners. See Tennessee Code 63-31-101
  • 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
  • Committee: means the polysomnography professional standards committee established by §. See Tennessee Code 63-31-101
  • 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.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Polysomnographic technologist: means a person who is credentialed by the board of registered polysomnographic technologists and is licensed by the board to engage in the practice of polysomnography under the general supervision of a licensed physician. See Tennessee Code 63-31-101
  • Practice of polysomnography: means the staging and scoring of sleep by continuous and simultaneous monitoring of the stages of sleep and wake through use of an electroencephalogram (EEG), an electroculogram (EOG) and a submental electromyogram (EMG), in conjunction with the recording and monitoring of other physiological variables, and the assignment of values for duration, frequency and type of event to each stage of sleep in which the event occurred. See Tennessee Code 63-31-101
  • 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
(2) Establish the fees to be paid for temporary permits and for initial licensure, renewal or reinstatement of a license, late renewal of a license, and replacement of a lost license, at a level that is adequate to pay all the expenses of implementing and administering this chapter, in accordance with § 63-1-137;
(3) Review and approve or reject the application of each person who applies for licensure as a polysomnographic technologist;
(4) Biennially review and approve or reject each application for license renewal;
(5) Issue, in the board‘s name, all temporary permits and all approved licenses and renewal of licenses;
(6) Collect or receive all fees, fines, and money owed pursuant to this chapter and pay the fees, fines and money into the general fund of the state;
(7) Deny, suspend, revoke, restrict, or impose one (1) or more conditions on a license, as the committee deems necessary or appropriate at the time a license is issued, renewed, or reinstated, or as a sanction imposed at the conclusion of a disciplinary hearing;
(8) Issue private advisory letter rulings to any person licensed under this chapter who makes a request for a ruling regarding any matter within the committee’s jurisdiction; provided, however, that the ruling shall affect only the licensee making the inquiry and shall have no precedential value for any other contested case or inquiry before the committee;
(9) Develop a code of ethics for the practice of polysomnography in this state;
(10) Develop standards of care for the practice of polysomnography in this state;
(11) Develop standards for the educational and clinical training of polysomnographic technologists, including the evaluation of the accreditation status of educational programs in polysomnography;
(12) Develop criteria for the evaluation of applications for licensure submitted by registered polysomnographic technologists who are licensed in other states;
(13) Develop continuing education requirements that shall be met by licensed polysomnographic technologists; and
(14) Conduct disciplinary hearings in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and impose whatever sanctions the committee deems appropriate on an applicant or licensee.
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