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SB0553 • 2026

Physicians and Surgeons

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care.

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Sponsor
Reeves, Terry
Last action
2025-03-26
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on enforcement or consequences for non-compliance with the new notification requirement.

Changing Notification Time for Doctors' Address Changes

This bill changes the time limit from 30 days to 60 days for doctors to report address changes on their registration certificates.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time limit from 30 days to 60 days for doctors to notify the Board of Medical Examiners about address changes on their registration certificates.
  • Updates Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Doctors licensed by the Board of Medical Examiners in Tennessee

Terms To Know

Board of Medical Examiners
A group that oversees and regulates doctors' licenses in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a doctor fails to notify the board within 60 days.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect current regulations or enforcement procedures.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  2. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee

  3. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Health Committee - Government Operations for Review

  4. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  5. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  6. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  7. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  9. 2025-01-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  10. 2025-01-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 509
By Terry

SENATE BILL 553
By Reeves

SB0553
002077
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health
care.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-6-209(d), is amended by deleting
the language "within thirty (30) days" and substituting "within sixty (60) days".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.