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Panel advances bill expanding training sites for provisional licenses for international medical graduates
Summary
House Bill 1201 would expand settings where international medical graduates (IMGs) with provisional licenses may train and practice under supervision; the subcommittee voted 7-0 to send the bill on to the full Health Committee.
House Bill 1201, sponsored by Chairman Dot Kumar, would broaden the types of facilities that may host international medical graduates working under Tennessee's provisional license program. The measure passed the House Health Subcommittee by voice vote recorded as 7-0 and now moves to the full Health Committee.
Chairman Dot Kumar explained the bill as an effort to increase training slots for provisional-license physicians recruited from international medical schools. He reviewed current law passed in 2023–24 that authorizes provisional two-year licenses under…
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