SENATE BILL 174 By Massey HOUSE BILL 186 By Slater HB0186 000859 - 1 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 6, relative to surgical assistants. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-6-219(b)(1), is amended by deleting the language "or the National Commission for Certification of Surgical Assistants or their successors" and substituting "the National Commission for Certification of Surgical Assistants, the American Board of Surgical Assistants, or their successors". SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-6-219(b)(3), is amended by deleting the language "by December 31, 2019". SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.