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2		-	HOUSE BILL 1201
3		-	By Kumar
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5	4		SENATE BILL 1054
6	5		By Roberts
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9	8		SB1054
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63,
14	13		relative to health care.
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16	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	16		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-6-207(g), is amended by deleting
18	17		the subsection and substituting:
19	18		(g)
20	19		(1) The board shall issue a foreign training license of limited duration to
21	20		an internationally licensed physician who has successfully completed the
22	21		examination as described in subsection (b) upon finding sufficient evidence that
23	22		the internationally licensed physician:
24	23		(A) Possesses a:
25	24		(i) Certificate from a medical school whose curriculum is:
26	25		(a) Approved by the American Medical Association
27	26		or its extant accreditation program for medical education,
28	27		or its successor; or
29	28		(b) Judged to be acceptable by the board; and
30	29		(ii) Copy of a permanent ECFMG certificate;
31	30		(B) Completed a postgraduate training program of a minimum of
32	31		three (3) years in a country approved by the internationally licensed
33	32		physician's licensing country or has practiced as a medical professional
34	33		performing the duties of a physician for seven (7) years;
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39	38		(C) Has practiced as a medical professional performing the duties
40	39		of a physician for at least three (3) years in the licensing country after the
41	40		postgraduate training or equivalent as described in subdivision (g)(1)(B);
42	41		(D) Has been in good standing with the medical licensing or
43	42		regulatory institution of the internationally licensed physician licensing
44	43		country within the last five (5) years and does not have any pending
45	44		discipline before the licensing body;
46	45		(E) Is legally entitled to live or work in the United States if the
47	46		person is not a citizen of the United States;
48	47		(F) Has sufficient evidence of good moral character; and
49	48		(G) Has paid:
50	49		(i) A nonrefundable application fee as set by the board;
51	50		and
52	51		(ii) An examination fee as described in this section.
53	52		(2) An applicant under subdivision (g)(1) shall submit sufficient evidence
54	53		that the applicant is an internationally licensed physician and has an offer for
55	54		employment as a physician at a healthcare provider that operates in this state.
56	55		(3) An internationally licensed physician who is granted a foreign training
57	56		license under subdivision (g)(1) shall only provide medical services at the
58	57		healthcare provider identified in subdivision (g)(2) during the period of the foreign
59	58		training license unless the licensee notifies the board of a change of eligible
60	59		healthcare provider employer.
61	60		(4) The board may grant a full and unrestricted license to practice
62	61		medicine to a foreign training licensee under subdivision (g)(1) who is in good
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67	66		standing and has actively practiced medicine in this state for two (2) years after
68	67		the date of foreign training licensure.
69	68		(5) As used in this subsection (g), "healthcare provider" means an
70	69		individual, entity, corporation, person, or organization, whether for profit or
71	70		nonprofit, that furnishes, bills, or is paid for a healthcare procedure or service
72	71		delivery in the normal course of business, and includes a healthcare
73	72		professional, healthcare facility, a health system, hospital, hospital-based facility,
74	73		freestanding emergency facility, urgent care clinic, or entity licensed or certified
75	74		to provide health services in this state as recognized by the board.
76	75		SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.