2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act
§ 68-29-137. Licensed, Certified Dentists as Medical Laboratory Directors

In addition to other persons permitted by law or rule to be medical laboratory directors, a dentist licensed in this state, certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and certified in oral pathology by the Tennessee board of dentistry shall be qualified to serve as a medical laboratory director limited to the specialty of oral pathology without obtaining medical laboratory licensure in addition to the dentist's professional license.