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TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS Updated 1/ 2010


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.