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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.
         SENATE BILL NO. 174

PASSED:  March 13, 2025

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                                                    RANI)Y l9cNALLY
                                      SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

:16~ APPROVED this  day of · ~  2025

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR