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type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, clarifies that the exemptions from the licensure and regulatory requirements for medical physicians apply to surgeons of the United States army, navy, air force or marine hospital service regardless of the hospital or practice site, if the surgeon's practice is part of the surgeon's authorized military service or training. - Amends TCA Section 63-6-204."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, clarifies that the exemptions from the licensure and regulatory requirements for medical physicians apply to surgeons of the United States army, navy, air force or marine hospital service regardless of the hospital or practice site, if the surgeon's practice is part of the surgeon's authorized military service or training. - Amends TCA Section 63-6-204."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 845"
citation: "Tennessee SB 845 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Whitson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fdd05cb-1db4-4bba-bbff-00639df62cc3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0845&GA=110"
source_hash: "2cd5be85871e91508f3010c3971835f0976db65fe631c7c7adc5d960c61e3346"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee SB 845 (110) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, clarifies that the exemptions from the licensure and regulatory requirements for medical physicians apply to surgeons of the United States army, navy, air force or marine hospital service regardless of the hospital or practice site, if the surgeon's practice is part of the surgeon's authorized military service or training. - Amends TCA Section 63-6-204.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0845.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/29/2017 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **870** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Green — primary (person)
- Whitson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Reset on Final cal. of Health Subcommittee
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0259)
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0356) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 259
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fdd05cb-1db4-4bba-bbff-00639df62cc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).