The division of health related boards must handle the administrative, fiscal, inspectional, clerical, and secretarial functions for the health related boards.
The division of health related boards, in the department of health, is responsible for all administrative, fiscal, inspectional, clerical and secretarial functions of the health related boards under § 68-1-101 . Acts 1947, ch. 9, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 6907.1 (Williams, § 6917.18); Acts 1953, ch. 113, § 45; 1959, ch. 9, § 15; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 63-101; Acts 1984, ch. 937, §§ 3, 54; T.C.A., § 63-1-102 . Compiler's Notes. Former § 63-1-101 was transferred to § 63-1-119 in 1986. Cross-References. Revocation or denial of professional licenses for child support enforcement, title 36, ch. 5, part 7. State examining boards, general provisions, title 4, ch. 19. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 20 Tenn. Juris., Physicians and Surgeons, § 2. Law Reviews. Report on Administrative Law to the Tennessee Law Revision Commission, 20 Vand. L. Rev. 777. The Standard of Care: The Road Not Taken-Using County Size to Determine the Standard of Care, 43 U. Mem. L. Rev. 767 (2013). Attorney General Opinions. Regulation of the practice of acupuncture, OAG 95-027, 1995 Tenn. AG LEXIS 29 (4/4/95). Neither the emergency services board nor the division of health related boards have authority to issue administrative subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents prior to the commencement of an administrative action, OAG 01-055, 2001 Tenn. AG LEXIS 47 (4/10/01). NOTES TO DECISIONS 1. Constitutionality. 2. Scope. 3. Treatment of Different Professions. 4. Health Care Practitioners. 1. Constitutionality. Any constitutional defects in the enactment of the 1953 amendment were cured by its reenactment by the 1955 Code. Seawell v. Beeler, 199 Tenn. 438, 287 S.W.2d 54, 1956 Tenn. LEXIS 342 (1956) 2. Scope. Body of act regulating practice of healing arts and prescribing penalty for its violation is not broader than its caption. Short v. State Licensing Board for Healing Arts, 193 Tenn. 389, 246 S.W.2d 56, 1952 Tenn. LEXIS 304 (1952) 3. Treatment of Different Professions. Podiatrists, chiropractors, optometrists, osteopaths, psychologists, veterinarians, physical therapists, dispensing opticians, nursing home administrators, and speech pathologists are not all members of the same class and thus there is no requirement that they receive identical treatment, either civilly or criminally, under the licensure laws, even though all are generally subject to the regulation and supervision of the board for the healing arts. State v. Blockman, 615 S.W.2d 672, 1981 Tenn. LEXIS 430 (Tenn. 1981) 4. Health Care Practitioners. A definition of “health care practitioners,” which includes all occupations licensed pursuant to title 63, some of whom cannot be sued for medical malpractice, is too broad; the definition is also too narrow because it omits any health care practitioners who are licensed under a separate title. Mooney v. Sneed, 30 S.W.3d 304, 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 572 (Tenn. 2000)