No person who has any contagious or communicable disease in a form that might endanger the health of school children shall teach in any school, and any teacher must submit to a physical examination by competent physicians when so required by the local board of education.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-404
Teachers — Physical examination
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Doe a v. Coffee County Board of Education (1992)
Most recently applied in Doe a v. Coffee County Board of Education (December 1992)
Acts 1925, ch. 115, § 8; Shan
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