Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0260-03-.01 - DEFINITIONS
As used in these rules, the following terms and acronyms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:
(1) Advertising - Includes, but is not
limited to, business solicitations, with or without limiting qualifications, in
a card, sign, or device issued to a person; in a sign or marking in or on any
building; or in any newspaper, magazine, directory or other printed matter.
Advertising also includes business solicitations communicated by individual,
radio, video, or television broadcasting or any other means designed to secure
public attention.
(2) Applicant -
Any individual seeking certification by the board who has submitted an official
application and paid the application fee.
(3) Board - The Tennessee Board of
Chiropractic Examiners.
(4) Board
Administrative Office - The office of the Unit Director assigned to the board
located at 665 Mainstream Drive, Nashville, TN 37243.
(5) Board Designee - Any person who has
received a written delegation of authority from the board to perform board
functions subject to review and ratification by the full board where provided
by these rules.
(6) Certificate -
Document issued to an applicant who successfully completes the certification
process. The certificate takes the form of an "artistically designed"
certificate as well as other versions bearing an expiration date.
(7) Closed Files - An administrative action
which renders an incomplete or denied file inactive.
(8) Department - Tennessee Department of
Health.
(9) Division - The Division
of Health Related Boards, Tennessee Department of Health, from which the board
receives administrative support.
(10) Fee - Money, gifts, services, or
anything of value offered or received as compensation in return for rendering
services, also, the fees required by these rules.
(11) Good Moral Character - The quality of
being well regarded in personal behavior and professional ethics.
(12) HRB - When the acronym HRB appears in
the text of these rules, the HRB represents Health Related Boards.
(13) Intern - Candidate for certification as
a chiropractic x-ray technologist who has completed core education and
examination requirements.
(14)
Internship - Performing chiropractic x-ray technologist duties under direction
of a supervisor for the purpose of receiving practical training in x-ray
technology.
(15) Person - Any
individual, firm, corporation, partnership, organization, or body
politic.
(16) Physician - A
chiropractic, medical, or osteopathic physician licensed in the state of
Tennessee or medical or osteopathic physician working in a chiropractic
practice in the state of Tennessee.
(17) Registrant - Any person who has been
lawfully issued a certificate.
(18)
Supervision of Certificate Holders - The ongoing, direct review, for the
purpose of training or teaching, by the employing licensed chiropractic
physician(s) who monitors the performance of the certificate holder. The
supervisor provides regular face-to-face guidance and instructions with respect
to the skills and competencies of the certificate holder.
(19) Supervision of Interns - The ongoing,
direct review, for the purpose of training or teaching, by a licensed
chiropractic physician or certified chiropractic x-ray technologist who
monitors the performance of an Intern. The supervisor provides regular,
documented face-to-face guidance and instructions with respect to the skills
and competencies of the person supervised.
(20) Supervisor - The employing licensed
chiropractic physician(s) (or designee) and with respect to Interns, a
Tennessee licensed chiropractic physician or certified chiropractic x-ray
technologist.
(21) Use of a Title
of Description - To hold oneself out to the public as having a particular
status by means of stating on signs, mailboxes, address plates, stationery,
announcements, business cards, or other means of professional
identification.
(22) Written
Evidence - Includes, but is not limited to written verification from
supervisors or other professional colleagues familiar with the applicant's
work.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 63-4-102, 63-4-106, 63-4-119, and 63-4-123.
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