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Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-141-104

Designation as regional control center — Standards

Acts 1991, ch. 393, § 5; T.C.A., § 68-43-104.

The commissioner of health may establish minimum standards for designation as a regional control center. Such standards may require regional poison control centers to do all of the following:

(1) Answer requests by telephone for poison information and make recommendations for appropriate emergency management and treatment referrals of poisoning exposures. These services, provided twenty-four (24) hours a day, may involve the following: Determining whether a true poisoning emergency exists;

(2) Determining whether treatment can be accomplished at the scene of the incident, or whether transport to an emergency treatment facility is required;

(3) Recommending treatment measures to appropriate personnel; and

(4) Carrying out follow-up to assure that adequate care is provided;

(5) Utilize physicians, pharmacists, nurses and supportive personnel trained in various aspects of toxicology, poison control, poison prevention and poison information retrieval;

(6) Provide public awareness programs on poison prevention and utilization of regional poison control centers; and

(7) Maintain a data collection program of poison exposures and prepare an annual report.

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.