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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 697

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1753

                                                         By Haile, Reeves

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 1770

                                               By Brock Martin, Capley, Terry

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9, relative
          to the practice of medicine.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-6-204(m)(1), is amended by adding the
following as new subdivisions:

                    (SS) "Clinical informatics";

                    (TT) "Lifestyle medicine"; or

                    (UU) "Medical virtualist";

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-6-204(a)(1), is amended by deleting
the period at the end of the subdivision and substituting:

          , or who, using clinical judgment, determines whether a treatment or procedure is clinically
          appropriate for the symptoms and diagnosis of such condition. This subdivision (a)(1) does
          not create a private right of action. This subdivision (a)(1) does not apply to a nonclinical
          ministerial or administrative task related to a determination of clinical appropriateness or to a
          decision made by a state employee acting in an official capacity during a contested case
          procedure conducted pursuant to title 4, chapter 5, part 3.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-6-204, is amended by adding the
following language as a new subsection (n):

                    (n) This chapter does not prohibit a person from practicing dentistry, nursing,
          optometry, podiatry, psychology, or any other of the healing arts under this title in
          accordance with the laws of this state.

          SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-9-106(a), is amended by adding the
following immediately after the period at the end of the subsection:

          The practice of osteopathic medicine also includes determining, using clinical judgment,
          whether a treatment or procedure is clinically appropriate for the symptoms and diagnosis of
          another person's medical condition. This subsection (a) does not create a private right of
          action. This subsection (a) does not apply to a nonclinical ministerial or administrative task
          related to a determination of clinical appropriateness or to a decision made by a state
          employee acting in an official capacity during a contested case procedure conducted
          pursuant to title 4, chapter 5, part 3.

          SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to actions occurring on or after the effective date of this act.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1753

PASSED:  March 30, 2026

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                                                   RANI_D_'V_tMcNALLY
                                   SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                         CAMERO""8EXTON,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Ppr," APPROVED this JL('fl.. day of  I       2026

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                         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR