Medical Occupations - As introduced, requires a person who is licensed to practice a healing art; who was an officer in the commissioned medical corps of the army, the navy, the air force, or the public health service of the United States; and who was subsequently discharged, instead of honorably discharged, to register with the appropriate board licensing that profession. - Amends TCA Title 63.

HB 172 requires military medical professionals who were discharged (but not honorably) from U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service medical corps to register with Tennessee's licensing boards before practicing healing arts in the state. It amends Tennessee Code Annotated Title 63, changing the existing requirement for registration upon leaving military service to specifically include those with non-honorable discharges. The bill directly affects former military medical officers seeking to work in Tennessee healthcare roles. This policy change mandates registration as a condition for licensure, without altering existing requirements for those discharged honorably.