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HB1028 • 2026

Medical Occupations

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56 and Title 63, relative to physician assistants.

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Sponsor
Russell, Lowe
Last action
2025-02-10
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details on specific dates or terms being removed, only that transitional language is deleted.

Changes to Physician Assistant Regulations

This bill removes certain rules about how long former committee members can serve on the new board of physician assistants in Tennessee.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes old language that set limits for how long former committee members could stay on the new board of physician assistants.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Former committee members who were part of the old board of medical examiners’ committee on physician assistants before it became the new board in 2021.
  • The current and future members of the Tennessee Board of Physician Assistants.

Terms To Know

Physician Assistant
A healthcare professional who works with doctors to provide medical care.
Board of Medical Examiners’ Committee on Physician Assistants
The group that used to oversee the rules for physician assistants in Tennessee before 2021.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is not clear how many former committee members are still serving or will be affected by these changes.
  • This bill does not change other parts of the law about becoming a licensed physician assistant in Tennessee.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  3. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  4. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  5. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  6. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 197
By Lowe

HOUSE BILL 1028
By Russell

HB1028
001708
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56
and Title 63, relative to physician assistants.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-19-103(b)(2), is amended by
deleting the subdivision.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.