Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-11-311: Reciprocal licensing

(a) (1) The committee may, in its discretion, grant a license to any person residing or employed in this state who has not previously failed to attain a license as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst and who, at the time of application: (A) Is licensed or certified by a similar entity in another state whose standards, in the opinion of the committee, are not less stringent than those required by this part; and (B) Is able to satisfy the committee that to grant such person a license would be in the public interest. (2) (A) When the board receives a completed application for licensure from an applicant who is licensed in another state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, then the board shall, within sixty (60) days from the date the board receives the completed application: (i) Render a decision on the application; or (ii) Inform the applicant of the need to appear before the board. (B) As used in this subdivision (a)(2), "completed application" means an application that satisfies all statutory and board rule requirements. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the committee shall grant a license to a person who at the time of application: (1) Is licensed or certified in good standing with a similar entity of another state; (2) Is certified as a BCBA, a BCBA-D or a BCABA; and (3) Can show reasonable proof that the applicant has available employment in this state. Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 426, s 6, eff. 5/11/2023. Acts 2014 , ch. 918, § 2.

(a) (1) The committee may, in its discretion, grant a license to any person residing or employed in this state who has not previously failed to attain a license as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst and who, at the time of application: (A) Is licensed or certified by a similar entity in another state whose standards, in the opinion of the committee, are not less stringent than those required by this part; and (B) Is able to satisfy the committee that to grant such person a license would be in the public interest. (2) (A) When the board receives a completed application for licensure from an applicant who is licensed in another state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, then the board shall, within sixty (60) days from the date the board receives the completed application: (i) Render a decision on the application; or (ii) Inform the applicant of the need to appear before the board. (B) As used in this subdivision (a)(2), "completed application" means an application that satisfies all statutory and board rule requirements.

(1) The committee may, in its discretion, grant a license to any person residing or employed in this state who has not previously failed to attain a license as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst and who, at the time of application: (A) Is licensed or certified by a similar entity in another state whose standards, in the opinion of the committee, are not less stringent than those required by this part; and (B) Is able to satisfy the committee that to grant such person a license would be in the public interest.

(A) Is licensed or certified by a similar entity in another state whose standards, in the opinion of the committee, are not less stringent than those required by this part; and

(B) Is able to satisfy the committee that to grant such person a license would be in the public interest.

s part; and (B) Is able to satisfy the committee that to grant such person a license would be in the public interest.

(A) Is licensed or certified by a similar entity in another state whose standards, in the opinion of the committee, are not less stringent than those required by this part; and

(B) Is able to satisfy the committee that to grant such person a license would be in the public interest.

(2) (A) When the board receives a completed application for licensure from an applicant who is licensed in another state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, then the board shall, within sixty (60) days from the date the board receives the completed application: (i) Render a decision on the application; or (ii) Inform the applicant of the need to appear before the board. (B) As used in this subdivision (a)(2), "completed application" means an application that satisfies all statutory and board rule requirements.

(A) When the board receives a completed application for licensure from an applicant who is licensed in another state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, then the board shall, within sixty (60) days from the date the board receives the completed application: (i) Render a decision on the application; or (ii) Inform the applicant of the need to appear before the board.

(i) Render a decision on the application; or

(ii) Inform the applicant of the need to appear before the board.

(B) As used in this subdivision (a)(2), "completed application" means an application that satisfies all statutory and board rule requirements.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the committee shall grant a license to a person who at the time of application: (1) Is licensed or certified in good standing with a similar entity of another state; (2) Is certified as a BCBA, a BCBA-D or a BCABA; and (3) Can show reasonable proof that the applicant has available employment in this state.

(1) Is licensed or certified in good standing with a similar entity of another state;

(2) Is certified as a BCBA, a BCBA-D or a BCABA; and

(3) Can show reasonable proof that the applicant has available employment in this state.