Tennessee General Assembly· HB 2021Comp. SB subst.

Podiatrists - As enacted, changes the scope of practice of a podiatrist from a person who examines, diagnoses, or treats, in addition to the ailments of the human foot and ankle, the soft tissue of the lower leg distal t, the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 675

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 2358

                                               By Massey, Jackson, Stevens

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 2021
                                                By Brock Martin, Terry, Capley

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to podiatry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-3-101 (a), is amended by deleting "soft
tissue structures extending no higher than the distal tibial metaphyseal flair" and substituting "only
the soft tissues of the lower leg distal to the tibial tuberosity".

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2358

PASSED:  March 23, 2026

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                                        RANDY Mel

                                   SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                         CAMERON~TON,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this 7f:L. day of O-pr;f       2026

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                    BILL LEE, GOVERNOR

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