CHAPTER NO. 818

SENATE BILL NO. 3255

By Ramsey

Substituted for: House Bill No. 3299

By Mumpower

AN ACT To amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-22-204, relative to professional counselors, marital and family therapists.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-22-204(a), is amended by deleting from the first sentence the words and punctuation "of the clergy." and substituting instead the following new language:

of the clergy; nor shall anything in this chapter apply to or be construed as limiting the activities or services of Christian Science practitioners.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998, the public welfare requiring it.

PASSED: April 15, 1998

APPROVED this 29th day of April 1998