Section 1020-01-.13 - LICENSURE RETIREMENT AND REACTIVATION(1) Licensees who wish to retain their licenses but not actively practice may avoid administrative revocation of licensure and/or compliance with the licensure renewal process and continuing education requirements by doing the following: (a) Obtain from, complete and submit to the Board Administrative Office an affidavit of retirement form; and(b) Submit any documentation which may be required by the form to the Board Administrative Office.(2) Any licensee whose license has been retired may reenter active practice by doing the following: (a) Submit a written request for licensure reactivation to the Board Administrative Office;(b) Pay the Licensure Renewal Fee and State Regulatory Fee as provided in rule 1020-01-.02(1)(b) and (c). lf retirement was pursuant to rule 1020-01-.11(5), and reactivation was requested prior to the expiration of one (1) year from the date of retirement, the Board may require payment of the Late Renewal Fee and past due Renewal Fees and State Regulatory Fees as provided in rule 1020-01-.02(1)(b), (c) and (d);(c) Submit, along with the reactivation request, proof of certification of attendance and completion of the following: 1. At least twenty-seven (27) clock hours of Board approved continuing education as a prerequisite to licensure reactivation, if the licensee applies for reactivation of a retired license before the expiration of five (5) years from the date of retirement; or2. At least fifty (50) clock hours of Board approved continuing education as a prerequisite to licensure reactivation, if the licensee applies for reactivation of a retired license after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of retirement; or3. The continuing education required by parts 1. or 2. if the licensee is licensed in good standing and actively practicing in another state whose continuing education requirements do not meet or exceed the Board's continuing education requirements. lf licensed in good standing and actively practicing in another state whose continuing education requirements meet or exceed the Board's requirements, a licensee may apply for reactivation without submitting proof of completing the continuing education required by parts 1. or 2.(d) The continuing education hours completed as a prerequisite to licensure reactivation shall not be credited toward the continuing education hours required to be completed by the end of the calendar year of reactivation. 1. Submitting proof of successful completion of the requirements in subparagraph (2) (c) of this rule shall be considered proof of sufficient continuing education to constitute continuing education clock hour credit for the length of time already transpired in the calendar year in which the license is reactivated.2. Such credit shall be calculated at the rate of four and a half (4%) clock hours per quarter-calendar year.(3) Anyone retiring and then reactivating a license must remain in "active status" and may not retire again until the expiration of one (1) renewal cycle.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1020-01-.13
Original rule certified June 7, 1974. Amendment filed November 12, 1982; effective December 13, 1982. Amendment filed January 13, 1986; effective February 27, 1987. Amendment filed October 22, 1987; effective December 6, 1987. Amendment filed August 14, 1989; effective September 28, 1989. Repeal and new rule filed December 17, 1991; effective January 31, 1992. Amendment filed June 14, 1994; effective August 28, 1994. Repeal and new rule filed December 14, 1999; effective February 27, 2000. Amendment filed April 10, 2000; effective July 1, 2000. Amendment filed December 9, 2005; effective February 22, 2006.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-16-103, and 63-16-107.