§ 63-31-101 Chapter definitions
§ 63-31-102 Interpretation of chapter – Application
§ 63-31-103 Polysomnography professional standards committee
§ 63-31-104 Powers of the committee
§ 63-31-105 Board approval of committee actions
§ 63-31-106 Licensing requirement
§ 63-31-108 Issuance, renewal and retirement of licenses – Display of license – Lost license – Change of address or name
§ 63-31-109 Power of board to impose sanctions
§ 63-31-110 Violation
§ 63-31-111 Injunction against unlicensed practice – Jurisdiction of court
§ 63-31-112 Screening panel for investigative and disciplinary process
§ 63-31-113 Use of title “polysomnographic technologist” or abbreviation “PSGP”
§ 63-31-114 Annual meeting of standards committee

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 63 > Chapter 31 - Polysomnography

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • 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
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Direct supervision: means that the polysomnographic technologist providing supervision must be present in the area where the polysomnographic procedure is being performed and immediately available to furnish assistance and direction throughout the performance of the procedure. See Tennessee Code 63-31-101
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • General supervision: means that the polysomnographic procedure is provided under a physician's overall direction and control, but the physician's presence is not required during the performance of the procedure. 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
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Sleep-related services: means acts performed by polysomnographic technicians, polysomnographic trainees, polysomnographic students, and other persons permitted to perform those services under this chapter, in a setting described in subdivision (9)(C) that would be considered the practice of polysomnography if performed by a polysomnographic technologist. 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105