Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-03-.18 - FREE HEALTH CLINIC AND VOLUNTEER PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS
(1) Free Health Clinic Practice Pursuant to
T.C.A. §
63-1-201
(a) Any physician assistant licensed to
practice in this state or any other state who has not been disciplined by any
licensure board may have his/her license converted to or receive a Tennessee
"Special Volunteer License," as defined in T.C.A. §
63-1-201, which will entitle the
licensee to practice without remuneration solely within a "free health clinic,"
as defined by T.C.A. §
63-1-201, at a specified site or
setting by doing the following:
1. Obtaining
from the Committee's administrative office a "Special Volunteer License"
application, completing it and submitting it along with any required
documentation to the Committee's administrative office; and
2. Have the licensing authority of every
state in which the physician assistant holds or ever held a license to practice
submit directly to the Committee's administrative office the equivalent of a
"certificate of fitness" as described in T.C.A. §
63-1-118 which shows that the
license has never been subjected to any disciplinary action and is free and
clear of all encumbrances; and
3.
For physician assistants who have not been licensed in Tennessee, comply with
all provisions of subparagraphs (2) (c), (2) (e), and (2) (g) of rule
0880-03-.05 and the Health Care Consumer-Right-To-Know Act compiled at T.C.A.
§§
63-51-101, et
seq.; and
4. Submitting the specific location of the
site or setting of the free health clinic in which the licensee intends to
practice along with proof of the clinic's private, and not-for-profit
status.
(b) A physician
assistant holding a Special Volunteer License is not required to pay any fee
for its issuance or the required biennial renewal pursuant to the Division of
Health Related Board's biennial birthdate renewal system.
(c) A physician assistant holding a Special
Volunteer License may not do any of the following:
1. Practice anywhere other than in the free
health clinic site or setting specified in the application; and
2. Charge any fee or receive compensation or
remuneration of any kind from any person or third party payor including
insurance companies, health plans and state or federal benefit programs for the
provision of medical or any other services; and
3. Practice for any free health clinic that
imposes any charge on any individual to whom health care services are rendered
or submits charges to any third party payor including insurance companies,
health plans and state or federal benefit programs for the provision of any
services.
(d) Special
Volunteer Licenses are subject to all of the following
1. All rules governing renewal, retirement,
reinstatement and reactivation as provided by rules 0880-03-.09 and .11, except
those requiring the payment of any fees; and
2. A requirement to successfully complete
twenty (20) hours of Category I continuing medical education annually;
and
3. Disciplinary action for the
same causes and pursuant to the same procedures as all other licenses issued by
the Committee.
(2) Practice Pursuant to the "Volunteer
Health Care Services Act" T.C.A. §§
63-6-701, et
seq.
(a) Any
physician assistant licensed in this or any other state, territory, district or
possession of the United States whose license is not under a disciplinary order
of suspension or revocation may practice in this state but only under the
auspices of an organization that has complied with the provisions of this rule
and T.C.A. §§
63-6-701 through 707 and rule
1200-10-01-.12 of the Division of Health Related Boards.
(b) Any person who may lawfully practice in
this or any other state, territory, district or possession of the United States
under an exemption from licensure and who is not under a disciplinary order of
suspension or revocation and who is not and will not "regularly practice," as
defined by T.C.A. §
63-6-703(3) may
practice in this state but only under the auspices of an organization that has
complied with the provisions of this rule and T.C.A. §§
63-6-701 through 707 and rule
1200-10-01-.12 of the Division of Health Related Boards.
(c) A physician assistant or anyone who
practices under an exemption from licensure pursuant to this rule may not
charge any fee or receive compensation or remuneration of any kind from any
person or third party payor including insurance companies, health plans and
state or federal benefit programs for the provision of medical or any other
services; and may not practice for any organization that imposes any charge on
any individual to whom health care services are rendered or submits charges to
any third party payor including insurance companies, health plans and state or
federal benefit programs for the provision of any services.
(d) Any organization that organizes or
arranges for the voluntary provision of health care services on residents of
Tennessee may utilize persons described in subparagraphs (a) and (b) to
practice only when it has complied with the provisions of T.C.A. §§
63-6-701 through 707 and rule
1200-10-01-.12 of the Division of Health Related Boards.
(3) Submission of any document or set of
documents required by this rule or submission of verification of the
authenticity, validity and accuracy of the content of any document or set of
documents required by this rule directly from the FCVS to the Committee
Administrative Office shall be deemed to be submission of originals of those
documents or sets of documents by the issuing institution(s).
(4) Application review and licensure
decisions for these types of licensure or organization registration shall be
governed by rule 0880-03-.07.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-1-201, 63-6-701 through 63-6-707, 63-19-104, 63-19-105, and 63-19-115.
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