Bill > HB2021

This bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) Title 63, which pertains to professions and occupations, specifically concerning the practice of podiatry. The key change is to expand the scope of practice for podiatrists, allowing them to treat not only ailments of the human foot and ankle but also the soft tissues of the lower leg that are located below the tibial tuberosity, which is a bony prominence on the tibia (shin bone). Previously, their ability to treat soft tissues in the lower leg was limited to structures no higher than the distal tibial metaphyseal flair, a specific point on the tibia. This adjustment clarifies and potentially broadens the anatomical area podiatrists are authorized to treat.