Section 1200-34-01-.07 - LICENSURE INACTIVATION(1) If the Medical Director and/or owners of a pain management clinic determine that the site will close and cease operation, or that the site will no longer provide services that meet the statutory definition of a pain management clinic, the Medical Director must notify the Department. If the Department has not been notified of a closure and appears at the clinic for an inspection or investigation, the Medical Director may be held responsible for the inspection fee or the actual cost of the investigation.(2) The Medical Director shall notify the Department and inactivate the pain management clinic license as follows: (a) Obtain from the Administrative Office an official inactivation form;(b) Complete and submit that form, along with any supporting documentation that may be required by the Administrative Office.(3) Upon successful completion and submission of the required forms to the administrative office, the Department shall register the pain management clinic license as inactivated. A clinic that has inactivated its license shall not operate as a pain management clinic, and doing so shall subject the practitioners in that clinic to penalties from the Department.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-34-01-.07
Emergency rule filed September 30, 2011; effective through March 28, 2012. Permanent rules 1200-34-01-.01 through .10 filed December 27, 2011; to have been effective March 26, 2012. The Government Operations Committee filed a seven-day stay of effective date of the rules; new effective date April 2, 2012. On March 26, 2012, the Government Operations Committee withdrew its stay; new effective date March 26, 2012. Emergency rule filed May 25, 2017 and effective through November 21, 2017. The emergency rule expired on November 22, 2017 and reverted to its previous status. Repeal and new rules filed August 28, 2017; effective 11/26/2017.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 63-1-303, 63-1-304, 63-1-305, and 63-1-316.