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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 222
SENATE BILL NO. 332
By Crowe, Stevens
Substituted for: House Bill No. 203
By Terry, Parkinson
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title
39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 7, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
63-7-131.
(a) The board shall, no later than ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act,
develop a survey to collect the following information from nurse practitioners who have been
issued a certificate of fitness from the board:
(1) The specialty in which the nurse practitioner practices;
(2) The specialty practiced by each of the nurse practitioner's collaborating
physicians;
(3) The physical address of the nurse practitioner's primary practice location;
(4) The physical address of the primary practice location of each collaborating
physician; and
(5) How many days per week each collaborating physician is on-site with the
nurse practitioner at the same practice site.
(b) The board shall send the survey developed pursuant to subsection (a) annually to
each nurse practitioner who has been issued a certificate of fitness by the board who has opted
to receive email communications. The board shall send reminder communications no less than
quarterly to nurse practitioners who have been contacted but have not completed the survey,
and shall include the survey, a website link to the survey, or information on how to complete
the survey in such communications. The board may send the survey by electronic means.
(c) On or before December 31 of each year, the board shall submit a report to the chair
of the health and welfare committee of the senate and the chair of the committee of the house
of representatives with jurisdiction over health-related matters containing aggregated, de-
identified data on the following:
(1) Statistics on the number and percentage of nurse practitioners who
responded to the survey;
(2) The percentage of nurse practitioners who reported having a collaborating
physician in the same specialty;
(3) The percentage of collaborating physicians who are on-site with nurse
practitioners full time, ar)d for those not on-site full time, the average number of days
per week the collaborating physician is on-site; and
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(4) Such other statistics that the board may deem to be useful in informing the
general assembly on the collaborating relationship between physicians and nurse
practitioners who practice a specialty.
(d) The board shall include in the report required by subsection (c) any data collected
on or before December 1 of each year.
(e) The board may publish and deliver the report required by subsection (c) by
electronic means.
(f) As used in this section, "specialty" means:
(1) As the term relates to a nurse practitioner, an area of the study of nursing
completed by a nurse practitioner that leads to a national specialty certification by an
organization recognized by the board of nursing; and
(2) As the term relates to a physician, an area of the study of medicine
completed by a physician that leads to board certification by a board approved by the
American Board of Medical Specialties. •
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
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SENATE BILL NO. 332
PASSED: April 7, 2025
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' RANDY McllALLY
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
J.\~ APPROVED this day of Pet(\ 2025
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