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TN Code › Title 62 › Chapter 3 › Section 62-3-108

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The following persons are exempt from this chapter while in the proper discharge of their professional duties: (1) Persons authorized by the law of this state to practice medicine and surgery; (2) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States army, navy, air force or marine hospital service; (3) Registered nurses; (4) Duly registered cosmetologists operating in accordance with chapter 4 of this title; and (5) Any person whose occupation or practice is confined solely to shampooing, as defined in § 62-4-102 . Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 227, s 1, eff. 4/28/2017. Acts 1929, ch. 118, § 4; mod. Code 1932, § 7121; modified; Acts 1975, ch. 146, §3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 62-308; Acts 1986, ch. 921, § 4.

The following persons are exempt from this chapter while in the proper discharge of their professional duties:

(1) Persons authorized by the law of this state to practice medicine and surgery;

(2) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States army, navy, air force or marine hospital service;

(3) Registered nurses;

(4) Duly registered cosmetologists operating in accordance with chapter 4 of this title; and

(5) Any person whose occupation or practice is confined solely to shampooing, as defined in § 62-4-102 .

Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 227, s 1, eff. 4/28/2017.

Acts 1929, ch. 118, § 4; mod. Code 1932, § 7121; modified; Acts 1975, ch. 146, §3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 62-308; Acts 1986, ch. 921, § 4.

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