Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1770: Health Care - As enacted, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9.

In committee Last action April 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 697

Plain-language summary

HB 1770 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Health Care - As enacted, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9. Primary sponsor: Brock Martin (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 697.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Brock Martin (Republican).