Necessity Of Certification

(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), prior to engaging in practice as a chiropractic therapy assistant 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 therapy assistant 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 0260-05-.10. A graduate must immediately cease any practice upon notice of failure of the examination and may not engage in the practice again until successful completion of the examination. (4) It is unlawful for any person who is not certified in the manner prescribed in T.C.A. § 63-4-123 and these rules to present himself/herself as a certified chiropractic therapy assistant or to hold himself/herself out to the public as being certified by means of using a title on signs, mailboxes, address plates, stationery, announcements, telephone listings, business cards, or other instruments of professional identification. (5) A chiropractic therapy assistant is one who serves the public only on the orders of a licensed physician, and as such the practice is restricted to those persons properly credentialed. Persons engaging in practice as a chiropractic therapy assistant without being credentialed by the board are in violation of T.C.A. § 63-4-123. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING CHIROPRACTIC THERAPY ASSISTANTS CHAPTER 0260-05