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Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609

Orders of county health officer

Acts 1985, ch. 172, § 1.

The county health officer is empowered to order:

(1) The quarantine of any place or person, if the county health officer finds that quarantine is necessary to protect the public health from an epidemic;

(2) The closure of any public establishment, facility or building if the county health officer finds unsanitary conditions of such a nature and extent to significantly threaten the public health; or

(3) The closure of any public establishment, facility or building, if the county health officer is otherwise authorized by law to take that action.

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.