2010 Summary of New Laws (Legislative Update‪)‬

Each year, TNA's staff and lobbyists sift through thousands of bills filed in the Tennessee General Assembly and track those legislative initiatives with the potential to affect the practice of nursing in this state. TNA staff, members and lobbyists attend legislative committee meetings and work with legislators and other interested parties in an effort to ensure that the interests of the nursing profession are advanced in a positive manner. Below are brief summaries of several new laws passed this year by the General Assembly. Each of these laws will impact at least some aspect of the nursing profession. Provided with each summary is the respective law's public chapter number and its effective date. You may access the text of each law by visiting the Secretary of State's website at http://tnsos.org/acts/PublicActs.106th.php?showall.