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ANNOUNCEMENTS Updated 1/ 2010
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The Tennessee AST: Welcomes the following New members.
Tennessee has a very strong State assembly, Each one of you brings into
our association a new face and new ideas, We encourage new members to
get involved in the TN AST.
Lucretia M.
Alexander Jessica N.
Andrews, CST Melissa J. Forte, CST
Mark Angel
Stephen J. Belk
Carrie Francis
Ginger M. Cobble
Lindsay Coker
Viktoriya Gnatynk
Jenna Cox
Jared Davis
Jessica Kari Grady
Colton J.
HarHeib
Tiffany Harris
Diana L. Hauan
Janel N.
Henderson
Angie
Hensberry
Kimber Hickam
Mery C. Jenkins
Scott Barker Jenkins, CST
Katherine Kausch
Lesley Keck
Darra M.
Kelly
Karen
Kerr
Barbara L. Kitchens,
CST Kimberly R.
Lane
Brittany A. Lonergan
Anne K. Martin
Jeani RL Mooney, CST
Duane Moore
Laurie A. Nielson,
CST Maleia
Ritchey
Miranda Russell
Tiffany D. Smith
Paul R. Stansel
Sherri E. Steele, CST
Nicole E.
Stevens
Tracy L.
Thomas
Lindsey S. Thompson
Franklin D. Varney
Jr.
Melanie Vickers
Amanda Williams
Legislation 2008
Tennessee
Practitioners
Now Use Emergency
License Plates
Ben Price, CST, AST director of government affairs
Tennessee has passed a new law to add surgical technologists who take
call to the list of personnel in the state authorized to display
“emergency”license plates on their cars as a part of the
state’s emergency management program. Tennessee House Bill 2865
(SB 3017), sponsored by multiple representatives and senators, was one
of several of AST’s legislative efforts for 2008. This bill,
which has become a new law in Tennessee (Public Chapter 1165), allows
surgical technologists to purchase special“Emergency”
license plates. Surgical technologists will be required to provide the
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) with a statement from the hospital,
emergency room or surgical department that employs them, verifying that
they are “on-call surgical personnel.” This is not a new
“specialty license” plate, which shares some proceeds with
particular nonprofit organizations. Tennessee surgical technologists
should apply for the “emergency” plate at their local
county clerk’s office. In order to expedite the process, along
with the verification letter from the employer, surgical technologists
should bring a copy of the law with them. The applicant must submit a
“Statement of Certification” from their employer during
application and each renewal year while they are serving as on-call
emergency personnel. An annual fee of $21.50 for each vehicle will be
assessed.
AST would like to especially thank Tennessee State Representative
Philip Pinion, who championed this bill. Representative Pinion, chair
of the House Transportation Committee, strongly supported the concept
that surgical technologists are an important part of emergency, trauma
and surgical teams providing services to patients in Tennessee and
introduced the legislation allowing on-call surgical
technologists to obtain “emergency” license plates.
Members Email List
January 2010
If you would like your email address added to our TNAST state association list, send your request to Toren Bell tdbhawkeye@bellsouth.net , or any of the board ofdirectors. Please mention this in the email subject line.
This will allow us to contact through email
those whom wish to be notified as to such things as regional and
statewide meetings and legislative alerts.
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