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

SB 174: Medical Occupations - As enacted, requires the board of medical examiners to register an applicant as a registered surgical assistant if the applicant maintains current credentials as a surgical assistant issued by the American Board of Surgical Assistants and satisfies other necessary requirements; removes December 31, 2019, as the deadline by which an applicant for registration as a surgical assistant must register with the board in order to be registered on the basis of certain practical experience. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

Enacted Last action April 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 59

Plain-language summary

SB 174 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Medical Occupations - As enacted, requires the board of medical examiners to register an applicant as a registered surgical assistant if the applicant maintains current credentials as a surgical assistant issued by the American Board of Surgical Assistants and satisfies other necessary requirements; removes December 31, 2019, as the deadline by which an applicant for registration as a surgical assistant must register with the board in order to be registered on the basis of certain practical experience. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6. Primary sponsor: Becky Massey (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 8, 2025): Pub. Ch. 59.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Becky Massey (Republican).