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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 857
SENATE BILL NO. 2239
By Johnson, Haile
Substituted for: House Bill No. 2562
By Lamberth, Cochran, Terry, Lynn
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9, relative
to continuing education requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-6-233, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(d)(1) In establishing continuing medical education requirements pursuant to
subsection (b), the board shall require each licensee to complete a minimum of one
(1) of the required hours on a topic related to nutrition. A licensee is only required to
complete the one (1) hour on a topic related to nutrition once.
(2) Any continuing medical education requirement related to nutrition,
pursuant to subdivision (d)(1), must be available free of charge to a physician.
(3) This subsection (d) terminates January 1, 2033.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-9-107(a), is amended by adding the
following as a new subdivision:
(3)(A) In establishing continuing osteopathic medical education requirements for
licensees, the board shall require each licensee to complete a minimum of one (1) of
the required hours on a topic related to nutrition. A licensee is only required to
complete the one (1) hour on a topic related to nutrition once.
(B) Any continuing osteopathic medical education requirement related to
nutrition, pursuant to subdivision (a)(3)(A), must be available free of charge to a
physician.
(C) This subdivision (a)(3) terminates January 1, 2033.
SECTION 3. The board of medical examiners and board of osteopathic examination are
each authorized to promulgate rules, including emergency rules if necessary, to effectuate this act.
The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act,
compiled in Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5.
SECTION 4. For the purpose of promulgating rules, including emergency rules, this act takes
effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes
effect January 1, 2028, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 2239
PASSED: April 13, 2026
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SPEAKER OF THE SENA TE
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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