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What Tennessee’s statute, administrative rules and chiropractic board publish on eight topics of running a practice, quoted as published, each with its citation as printed, its source and the date we read it. Read on 9 October 2026.
Advertising · Titles and claims · Prepaid care and financial arrangements · Discounts, free services and inducements · Record retention · Assistants and delegation · Corporate practice and ownership · Telehealth
The following guidelines identify some of those obligations as they relate to the use of social media.Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners Policy on Social Media (no section number printed) · www.tn.gov · Social media policy 11.9.17 Ratified.pdf · read 9 October 2026
A licensee must:Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners Policy on Social Media (no section number printed) · www.tn.gov · Social media policy 11.9.17 Ratified.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Not provide any clinical advice, communicate a diagnosis and/or guarantee results to a patient or any public through social media. However, a licensee may provide general health information related to the chiropractic scope of practice for educational or informational purposes.Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners Policy on Social Media (no section number printed) · www.tn.gov · Social media policy 11.9.17 Ratified.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Comply with relevant scope of practice, professional ethics and advertising provisions under Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. Rule sections 0260-02-.02, 0260-02-.13, 0260-02-.20 respectively.Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners Policy on Social Media (no section number printed) · www.tn.gov · Social media policy 11.9.17 Ratified.pdf · read 9 October 2026
All licensees are advised that anyone making claims that spinal adjustments/manipulation can boost immunity or provide a cure for the flu or Coronavirus is likely in violation of statute and rule relating both to scope of practice and advertising claims.COVID-19: Policy Regarding Health, Safety, Advertising, and Continuing Education (no section number printed) · www.tn.gov · COVID-19-Board-policy.pdf · read 9 October 2026
A chiropractor who employs unlicensed x-ray technicians and/or unlicensed therapy assistants is subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.) per such employee.BOARD POLICY ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF UNLICENSED X-RAY TECHNICIANS AND/OR UNLICENSED THERAPY ASSISTANTS (no section number printed) · www.tn.gov · Chiro_Policy32107.pdf · read 9 October 2026
However, applicable law prohibits an individual from working as a Chiropractic Therapy Assistant (CTA) or Chiropractic X-Ray Technician (CXT) unless he/she has an active license.LAPSED LICENSE POLICY FOR CHIROPRACTIC THERAPY ASSISTANTS AND CHIROPRACTIC X-RAY TECHNOLOGISTS (no section number printed) · www.tn.gov · CHIRO_LAPSED_LICENSE_POLICY_-_CTA_CXT.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Interns completing a preceptorship shall function under direct supervision of the sponsoring chiropractic physician and the scope of practice shall mirror the scope of the sponsoring physician.POLICY STATEMENT ON PRECEPTORSHIPS (no section number printed) · www.tn.gov · Policy_Statement_on_Preceptorships.pdf · read 9 October 2026
6. The scope of practice for the extern shall parallel the scope of practice for the primary supervising chiropractor.Chiropractic Physician Externship (Temporary Licensure) 6. · www.tn.gov · Chiropractic_Physician_Externship_Policy.pdf · read 9 October 2026
7. Supervision means oversight and availability in the clinic of the extern’s supervisor.Chiropractic Physician Externship (Temporary Licensure) 7. · www.tn.gov · Chiropractic_Physician_Externship_Policy.pdf · read 9 October 2026
All chart notes shall be dually signed by the extern and the supervisor.Chiropractic Physician Externship (Temporary Licensure) 7. · www.tn.gov · Chiropractic_Physician_Externship_Policy.pdf · read 9 October 2026
8. Supervisor shall not supervise more than 3 externs.Chiropractic Physician Externship (Temporary Licensure) 8. · www.tn.gov · Chiropractic_Physician_Externship_Policy.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Supervisor shall provide a quarterly report to the board on the state approved form.Chiropractic Physician Externship (Temporary Licensure) 8. · www.tn.gov · Chiropractic_Physician_Externship_Policy.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Shown only where the jurisdiction publishes a provision specific to chiropractic.
unreadable Not read on 9 October 2026: publications.tnsosfiles.com · 0260.htm · HTTP 403 (CloudFront "Request blocked"; robots.txt answered 403); the board page links it for Rules and Regulations. Not read on 9 October 2026: www.lexisnexis.com · tncode · JavaScript shell, no document (HTTP 200, 3,702 bytes); the board page links it for the Tennessee Code. Not read on 9 October 2026: www.tn.gov · ceb.html · board's own site checked; it publishes the 2017 rulemaking filing SS-7039 (a scan with an OCR text layer) carrying the amended text of rules 0260-02-.01, .02, .12, .13, .21 and .24 and selected pages of chapter 0260-02; no copy of the full chapter or of T.C.A. title 63 chapter 4 found. Not read on 9 October 2026: www.tn.gov · 7039_as_signed_by_Secretary.pdf · scan; text layer is OCR (HTTP 200); the board page links it as Scope of Practice, Continuing Education, Professional Ethics, Chiropractic Prece...; it carries the 2017 amended text of rules 0260-02-.01, .02, .12, .13, .21 and .24 and selected pages of chapter 0260-02.The jurisdiction is the authority on everything here. These pages quote what the statute, the rules and the board publish and the date we read them; they do not interpret it. Laws and rules change. Confirm anything you intend to act on with the board.