republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-1515.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, revises terminology used to describe the relationship of physicians to advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants; specifies that a licensed physician with whom a physician assistant collaborates has the duty to assure that the activities of the physician assistant are appropriate; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, revises terminology used to describe the relationship of physicians to advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants; specifies that a licensed physician with whom a physician assistant collaborates has the duty to assure that the activities of the physician assistant are appropriate; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1515"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1515 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison", "Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acab8d2f-d9e4-45e2-acfd-62bbdaec3cce"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1515&GA=110"
source_hash: "4241bde81267187a69712eb5fd6863e4fe2d10e9d63182b4a2c165141e894228"
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 1515 (110) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, revises terminology used to describe the relationship of physicians to advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants; specifies that a licensed physician with whom a physician assistant collaborates has the duty to assure that the activities of the physician assistant are appropriate; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

## 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/SB1515.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **87–4** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/20/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faison — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/6/2018
- **2018-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0606)
- **2018-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** Reset on cal. for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0756) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 610
- **2018-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 610

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acab8d2f-d9e4-45e2-acfd-62bbdaec3cce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).