Public Chapter 497
HOUSE BILL NO. 1505
By Representative Odom
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 642
By Senator Person
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-5-113, relative to dental specialty programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-5-113, is amended by adding the following new subsection (c):
(c) No one shall offer or conduct any school, course or program which grants credentialed status or which graduates individuals for credentialed status, or its equivalent, in any particular branch of dentistry or any specific area of the practice of dentistry which is not listed as recognized specialty in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-5-112. Dental, Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting Colleges, Schools or Programs in Tennessee accredited by the American Dental Association Commission of Dental Accreditation are exempt from this subsection.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.