Acne scars are depressions and raised areas on the skin left behind after an inflamed pimple breaks the barriers of a pore. There are two common types of acne scars: hypertrophic or keloid scars and atrophic or depressed scars. Hypertrophic scars are raised tissue and atrophic scars are depressions.
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Any procedure encompassed within the definition of the practice of medicine contained in T.C.A. § 63-6-204 that is to be performed by the use of a laser shall be considered, except as provided in T.C.A. § 63-26-102(5) and 63-9-106, to be the practice of medicine and any person performing such procedure must be under the supervision of a licensed physician. Rule 0880-02-.14(10). Pursuant to T.C.A. § 63-6-204(a)(1) any person shall be regarded as practicing medicine within the meaning of this chapter who treats, or professes to diagnose, treat, operates on or prescribes for any physical ailment or any physical injury to or deformity of another. Laser surgeries performed (pursuant to these rules—Office Based Surgery) require written policies and procedures that include, but are not limited to, laser safety, education, training, and the supervision of other licensed health care practitioners who are performing laser treatment.
A safe environment shall be maintained for laser surgery. Rule 0880-02-.21(8)(b) 0880-2-.21(3)(o) Surgery – The excision or resection, partial or complete, destruction, incision or other structural alteration of human tissue by any means (including through the use of lasers) performed upon the body of a living human for purposes of preserving health, diagnosing or curing disease, repairing injury, correcting deformity or defects, prolonging life, relieving suffering, or for aesthetic, reconstructive or cosmetic purposes, to include, but not limited to: incision or curettage of tissue or an organ; suture or other repair of tissue or organ, including a closed or an open reduction of a fracture; extraction of tissue, including premature extraction of products of conception from the uterus; and insertion of natural or artificial implants. For the purpose of this rule, certain diagnostic and therapeutic procedures requiring medication to immobilize the patient are contained within the definition of surgery. (From Office-Based Surgery Policy)
2012 TN SR 94 signed by the Speaker on 4/18/2012, directs the Board of Medical Examiners to promulgate rules to prescribe standards for the practice of cosmetic procedures using laser invasive technology and chemical peels.
Use of Laser Equipment – Any procedure encompassed within the definition of the practice of osteopathic medicine contained in T.C.A. § 63-9-106 that is to be performed by the use of a laser shall be considered, except as provided in T.C.A. §§ 63-26- 102(5) and 63-6-204, to be the practice of osteopathic medicine. Rule 1050-02-.13(10). Osteopathic medicine is defined as a separate, complete and independent school of medicine and surgery utilizing full methods of diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental health and disease, including the prescription and administration of drugs, medicines, and biological, operative surgery, obstetrics and radiological and other electromagnetic emissions, which places special emphasis on the interrelationship of the muscoskeletal system to other body systems as taught and practiced by recognized associated colleges of osteopathic medicine.
T.C.A. § 63-9-106(a). Laser surgeries performed (pursuant to these rules—Office Based Surgery) require written policies and procedures that include, but are not limited to, laser safety, education, training, and the supervision of other licensed health care practitioners who are performing laser treatment. A safe environment shall be maintained for laser surgery.
Rule 1050-02-.21(8)(b) 1050-02-.21(3)(o) Surgery – The excision or resection, partial or complete, destruction, incision or other structural alteration of human tissue by any means (including through the use of lasers) performed upon the body of a living human for purposes of preserving health, diagnosing or curing disease, repairing injury, correcting deformity or defects, prolonging life, relieving suffering, or for aesthetic, reconstructive or cosmetic purposes, to include, but not limited to: incision or curettage of tissue or an organ; suture or other repair of tissue or organ, including a closed or an open reduction of a fracture; extraction of tissue, including premature extraction of products of conception from the uterus; and insertion of natural or artificial implants. For the purpose of this rule, certain diagnostic and therapeutic procedures requiring medication to immobilize the patient are contained within the definition of surgery. (From Office-Based Surgery Rule)
