Tennessee scope of practice for med spas
Who may perform which procedures, and under what supervision, by state. Below are the Tennessee rules that govern it, each linked to its primary source. Monitoring and reference, not legal advice.
RN / NP scope for injectables in Tennessee
WHERE a physician supervises a Tennessee certified nurse practitioner who writes prescriptions, that physician must hold an UNENCUMBERED license — the same standard the Board of Medical Examiners applies to physician assistants, and set out in that board’s own rules.
A physician supervising a certified nurse practitioner who writes prescriptions must hold AN UNENCUMBERED LICENSE, the rule stating this is the same requirement already applying to physicians who supervise physician assistants. Tennessee sets one supervisory standard across both roles rather than two.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-02-.14(12), referring to 0880-02-.18(1) and 0880-06-.02(1) · verified Sep 2, 2026
⚠️ The detailed scope of certified nurse practitioner practice is set by rule 0880-06 and by the Board of Nursing, not by chapter 0880-02, so this corpus does not state from this source whether a Tennessee nurse practitioner may practice without physician involvement. What chapter 0880-02 establishes is the supervising physician’s side of the arrangement.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 0880-02 (scope of this chapter) · verified Sep 2, 2026
Recent Tennessee changes
- TN HB2044: an Act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Chapter 1042 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to certified medical assistants.Apr 23, 2026
- TN SB1339: an Act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-4-109, relative to the practice of aesthetics.May 18, 2021
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