Can Tennessee shut down a med spa that is operating unlawfully?
Enforcement · part of The Practice Perimeter
Revocation with leave to apply is a formal disciplinary action which removes a licensee from the practice of medicine in Tennessee and terminates the license previously issued, and permanent licensure revocation is the most severe form of disciplinary action, which permanently removes a licensee from the practice of medicine in Tennessee and terminates the license previously issued.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-02-.12 (Licensure discipline and civil penalties — revocation) · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what Tennessee says on this
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The advertising grounds are enforced through T.C.A. § 63-6-214(b)(9), the statutory disciplinary provision the rules cross-reference by number. Tennessee does not create a separate advertising penalty; it routes the conduct into the existing license-discipline statute.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-02-.13(4) · verified Sep 2, 2026
Failure to comply with the medical certification requirements for death certificates subjects a physician to disciplinary action under T.C.A. § 63-6-214(b)(1) — an illustration of the pattern: the rules name the conduct and point at the statute that punishes it.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-02-.14(13) · verified Sep 2, 2026
For a med spa the operative exposure is registration itself. Operating without current registration is unprofessional conduct by the medical director AND by any supervising physician providing services at that spa, actionable by that physician’s own licensing board — so a supervising physician inherits the business’s compliance failure.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-02-.24(5) · verified Sep 2, 2026
TENNESSEE NAMES UNLICENSED PRACTICE AS THE EXAMPLE OF ITS MOST SERIOUS CIVIL PENALTY, AND PUTS A NUMBER ON IT. A Type A civil penalty is for a willful and knowing violation “to such an extent that there is, or is likely to be an imminent, substantial threat to the health, safety and welfare of an individual client or the public”, and the rule then says so in terms: “willfully and knowingly practicing medicine without a license, certification or other authorization from the Board is one of the violations of the Medical Practice Act for which a Type A civil penalty is assessable.” “Type A Civil Penalties shall be assessed in the amount of not less than $500 or more than $1,000.” The schedule is set under T.C.A. § 63-1-134, and this claim carries the rule rather than the statute.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-02-.12(4) (Civil penalties — schedule and amounts) · verified Sep 8, 2026
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