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SB0197 • 2026

Medical Occupations

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

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Sponsor
Lowe, Russell
Last action
2025-02-10
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about when former committee members' terms will end or how many are affected by these changes.

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 language that limits how many terms former committee members can have on the new board of physician assistants.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Former members of the committee on physician assistants who were transferred to the new board of physician assistants.

Terms To Know

Physician Assistant
A healthcare professional who works under a doctor's supervision to provide medical care.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is not clear how many former committee members will be affected by these changes.
  • This bill does not change other rules about becoming a licensed physician assistant in Tennessee.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  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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HOUSE BILL 1028
By Russell

SENATE BILL 197
By Lowe

SB0197
001708
- 1 -

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.