Scope Of Practice

(1) Any person who possesses a valid, unsuspended, and unrevoked certificate issued by the Board may use the title “certified chiropractic therapy assistant.” No other person shall use this title on any work, letter, sign, figure, advertisement, or device to indicate that the person using the same is a certified chiropractic therapy assistant. Services performed utilizing this title shall include physical agent modalities, physical treatment, clinical services and advice to the public, specifically and only on orders from a Physician. (2) Supervision of Certificate Holders (a) Individuals who are issued a certificate as a chiropractic therapy assistant must act only on orders by a Physician. (b) The employing licensed chiropractic physician(s), or licensed chiropractic physician designated by the employing chiropractic physician(s) as a substitute supervisor, shall exercise close supervision and assume full control and responsibility for the services provided by any person certified under this chapter of rules employed in the chiropractic physician(s’) practice. This supervision, control and responsibility does not require the physical presence of the chiropractic physician(s) at all times at the site where the services are being provided. However, it does require that the chiropractic physician(s) have his/her primary practice physically located within the boundaries of the state of Tennessee and that he/she shall be available by phone or other electronic means and able to be physically present at the site where the services are being provided within a reasonable amount of time.