71-5-201 - Reimbursement for services Authorization. - Tennessee Statutes

71-5-201. Reimbursement for services Authorization.

(a)  Any community or neighborhood health organization or clinic providing medical services to patients through the utilization of medical students presently enrolled in a medical school accredited by the Association of American Medical Colleges, licensed registered nurses, qualified physician assistants, or any combination of students, registered nurses, and physician assistants where such students, registered nurses, and physician assistants, are under the direction of a licensed physician or physicians, may receive payment for their per patient expenses, or portion of the expenses, which may include, but are not limited to, administrative expenses, overhead expenses, and salaries.

(b)  Nothing contained within the provisions of this section shall be construed to authorize or permit direct payment, by the state, of medicaid to any physician assistant.

[Acts 1973, ch. 262, § 2; 1975, ch. 58, § 1; T.C.A., § 14-1929; Acts 1981, ch. 476, § 5; 1983, ch. 168, § 11; 1984, ch. 787, § 11; T.C.A., § 14-23-201.]