Can a physician assistant inject or prescribe in Tennessee?
Oversight · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — they set only supervision terms: a supervising physician or arranged substitute with a current unencumbered Tennessee license must be available for consultation at all times, and on site for a temporary-licensed PA.
Supervision of a physician assistant DOES NOT require the continuous and constant presence of the supervising physician — but the physician must be available for consultation at all times, or must arrange for a substitute physician to be available. The supervising physician and any substitute must hold a current, unencumbered Tennessee license.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-02-.18(1) and (2) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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⚠️ and the supervisor must know the field. a supervising physician or substitute shall have experience and/or expertise in the same area of medicine as the physician assistant. A physician of the wrong specialty is not a lawful supervisor however available they are.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-02-.18(3) · verified Sep 2, 2026
Protocols are mandatory and have a maintenance schedule: they shall be jointly developed and approved by the supervising physician and the physician assistant, shall outline and cover the applicable standard of care, shall be reviewed and updated biennially, and shall be maintained at the practice site.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-02-.18(5) · verified Sep 2, 2026
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