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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 59
SENATE BILL NO. 174
By Massey, Yarbro
Substituted for: House Bill No. 186
By Slater, Helton-Haynes, Hardaway
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. PASSED:
SENATE BILL NO. 174
March 13, 2025
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RANI )Y l9cNALLY
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this :16~ day of ·~ 2025
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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR