Necessity Of Certification

(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), prior to engaging in practice as a chiropractic x-ray technologist in Tennessee, a person must hold a current Tennessee certification. (2) Students engaged in clinical internship are exempt from the certification requirements. (3) Graduates of a Board-approved chiropractic x-ray technologist course who have successfully completed examination and are working in a clinical Internship are exempt from the certification requirements, but only for a period not to exceed one (1) year from the date of examination, unless an extension is granted by the Board. At all times until certification is received, graduates shall practice only under supervision as set forth in rule 0260-03-.10. (4) It is unlawful for any person who is not certified in the manner prescribed in T.C.A. § 63-4-119 to represent himself/herself as a certified chiropractic x-ray technologist or to hold himself/herself out to the public as being certified by means of using a title on signs, mailboxes, address plates, stationary, announcements, telephone listings, calling cards, or other instruments of professional identification. (5) A chiropractic x-ray technologist is one who serves the public only on the orders of a Physician, and as such the practice is restricted to those persons credentialed. Persons engaging in practice as a chiropractic x-ray technologist without being credentialed are in violation of T.C.A. §§ 63-1-119 and 63-1-123.