{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-63-3-209","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-3-209","heading":"Construction of part","body":"Nothing in this part shall be construed to restrict: (1) The practice of orthotics, prosthetics or pedorthics by a person who is employed by the federal government or any bureau, division or agency of the federal government while in the discharge of the employee's official duties; (2) The practice of orthotics, prosthetics or pedorthics by: (A) A student enrolled in a school of orthotics, prosthetics or pedorthics; (B) A resident continuing such resident's clinical education in a residency accredited by the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education; provided, that such person has first registered as a resident with the board; or (C) A student in a qualified work experience program or internship in pedorthics; or (3) The measuring, fitting or adjusting of an orthotic device by an employee or authorized representative of an orthosis manufacturer registered with the federal food and drug administration, when such employee or representative is supervised by a licensed health care professional authorized by law to prescribe, measure or fit such device, and the measuring, fitting or adjusting of such device occurs in the office of such licensed health care professional or in a health care facility. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 167,s 1, eff. 7/1/2017. Acts 2005, ch. 380, § 1.\nNothing in this part shall be construed to restrict:\n(1) The practice of orthotics, prosthetics or pedorthics by a person who is employed by the federal government or any bureau, division or agency of the federal government while in the discharge of the employee's official duties;\n(2) The practice of orthotics, prosthetics or pedorthics by: (A) A student enrolled in a school of orthotics, prosthetics or pedorthics; (B) A resident continuing such resident's clinical education in a residency accredited by the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education; provided, that such person has first registered as a resident with the board; or (C) A student in a qualified work experience program or internship in pedorthics; or\n(A) A student enrolled in a school of orthotics, prosthetics or pedorthics;\n(B) A resident continuing such resident's clinical education in a residency accredited by the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education; provided, that such person has first registered as a resident with the board; or\n(C) A student in a qualified work experience program or internship in pedorthics; or\n(3) The measuring, fitting or adjusting of an orthotic device by an employee or authorized representative of an orthosis manufacturer registered with the federal food and drug administration, when such employee or representative is supervised by a licensed health care professional authorized by law to prescribe, measure or fit such device, and the measuring, fitting or adjusting of such device occurs in the office of such licensed health care professional or in a health care facility.","path":["TN Code","Title 63","Chapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:51:56Z","sha256":"57d13322fec208fab1052f70f0b218ca75d4126395defe3e933f1fb699dd7716","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-63-3-208","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-63-3-210","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-tn","title":"Tennessee Release 76 supplement","text":"Tennessee electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 76 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.tn.tca"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}