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Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-11-908

Refusal of access to nursing home

Acts 1987, ch. 312, § 8.

(1) The administrator of a nursing home may refuse access to the facility to any person whose presence would be injurious to the health and safety of a resident or the staff, or would threaten the security or the property of the residents, staff or facility.

(2) Any person refused access to a nursing home shall be notified at the time of the refusal of the person's right to file a complaint with the department, which may require the facility to answer as to its reasons.

(3) Counseling residents regarding their legal rights shall not constitute an activity justifying denial of access.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.