Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 63 > Chapter 11 - Psychologists

• Adjudication of delinquency: means that a juvenile court has found beyond a reasonable doubt that a child has committed a delinquent act, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Adult: means , as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Advisory committee: means the professional art therapist advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology, created by §. See Tennessee Code 63-11-402
• 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.
• Age of majority: means eighteen (18) years of age or older. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Art therapy: means the integrated application of psychotherapeutic principles and methods with specialized training in visual art media, the neurobiological implications of art-making and the creative process, and art-based assessment models to assist individuals, families, or groups to improve mental functioning, increase self-awareness and self-esteem, resolve conflicts and distress, and enhance social functioning. See Tennessee Code 63-11-402
• Art therapy certified supervisor: means a person credentialed by the Art Therapy Credentials Board, Inc. See Tennessee Code 63-11-402
• Associate art therapist: means a person holding a master's or doctoral degree in art therapy while engaged in the practice of professional art therapy under supervision as part of clinical training to fulfill the supervised experience requirement for becoming a licensed professional art therapist. See Tennessee Code 63-11-402
• BACB: means the nationally accredited behavior analyst certification board or its successor. See Tennessee Code 63-11-302
• Board: means the board of examiners in psychology, created by §. See Tennessee Code 63-11-302
• Board: means the board of examiners in psychology, created by §. See Tennessee Code 63-11-402
• Certified art therapist: means a person holding national board certification (ATR-BC) from the Art Therapy Credentials Board, Inc. See Tennessee Code 63-11-402
• Child: means :
  (i) A person under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Child sexual abuse: means , as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Co-employed relationship: means the licensed behavior analyst and licensed assistant behavior analyst are employed by the same employer. See Tennessee Code 63-11-302
• 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 children's services. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Committee: means the applied behavior analyst licensing committee of the board of examiners in psychology, created by §. See Tennessee Code 63-11-302
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Credentialed art therapist: means a person holding credentials in good standing with the Art Therapy Credentials Board, Inc. See Tennessee Code 63-11-402
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of children's services. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dependent and neglected: means , as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Employee-employer relationship: means the licensed behavior analyst is the employer of the licensed assistant behavior analyst. See Tennessee Code 63-11-302
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Guardian: means , for purposes of adoptions and terminations of parental rights, the meanings set forth in §. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Imminent risk: means circumstances or behavior likely to produce, within a relatively short period of time, a reasonably strong probability that the child will be placed in state custody. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• 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.
• Juvenile: means a person under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• LABA: means an individual who is certified as a board certified assistant behavior analyst (BCABA) and is licensed in this state to practice applied behavior analysis under the extended authority and supervision of a licensed behavior analyst. See Tennessee Code 63-11-302
• LBA: means an individual who is certified as a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA) or board certified behavior analyst-doctoral (BCBA-D) and is licensed in this state to practice applied behavior analysis as an independent practitioner. See Tennessee Code 63-11-302
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Legal custodian: means a person or agency to whom legal custody of a child has been given by court order. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Licensed professional art therapist: means a person who is licensed to practice professional art therapy in this state. See Tennessee Code 63-11-402
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Oath: includes affirmation. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Practice of applied behavior analysis: means the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications by a behavior analyst to produce socially significant improvements in human behavior. See Tennessee Code 63-11-302
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• 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
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• 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.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• 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
• 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.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Supervisee: means a person who delivers ABA services under the extended authority and supervision of an LBA or an LABA who is supervised by an LBA. See Tennessee Code 63-11-302
• Supervision: means the direct observation and provision of feedback to a supervisee by an LBA or an LABA who is supervised by an LBA. See Tennessee Code 63-11-302
• Supervision: means the regular observation and oversight of the functions and activities of a graduate art therapy student as part of an internship or practicum experience, or an associate art therapist engaged in the practice of art therapy to fulfill the requirements for licensure under §. See Tennessee Code 63-11-402
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Unruly: means , as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• 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