2010 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 57 - Surgical Technologists
68-57-102 - Alternative qualifications for employment Exemption of federal employees.
68-57-102. Alternative qualifications for employment Exemption of federal employees.
(a) In addition to individuals identified in § 68-57-101, a person may be employed upon providing sufficient evidence that, prior to May 21, 2007, the person was at any time employed as a surgical technologist for not less than eighteen (18) months in the three (3) years preceding May 21, 2007, in a hospital, medical office, surgery center, or an accredited school of surgical technology, as defined by this chapter. An individual who has begun the appropriate training to be a surgical technologist as defined by this section, prior to May 21, 2007, shall be eligible for employment as a surgical technologist; provided, that the training is completed by May 21, 2010.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a surgical technologist in the service of the federal government is exempt from the provisions of this chapter while performing duties related to such employment.
[Acts 2004, ch. 532, § 3; 2005, ch. 159, § 1; 2007, ch. 208, § 1.]
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