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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: "HB 707"
citation: "Tennessee HB 707 (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/71953882-38b4-40c6-96dc-c830199d64e9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0707&GA=110"
source_hash: "209ed76815b726cb1d5c289ebf48d1e7c539ff67cb9ca476dedad887cf8c69d8"
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 HB 707 (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/HB0707.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017 4/13/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/5/2017 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
## 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** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare 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** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Reset on Final cal. of Health Subcommittee
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **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
- **2017-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **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** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **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.
- **2017-04-24** 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** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 259
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71953882-38b4-40c6-96dc-c830199d64e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).