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Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-5-106

Refusal of vaccination — Physician giving fraudulent certificate — Penalty

Acts 1905, ch. 519, § 9; Shan., § 3114a8; Code 1932, § 5799; T.C.A

(1) Every person who refuses to be vaccinated or prevents a person under such person's care and control from being vaccinated on application being made by the health officer or board of health or by a physician employed by the health officer or board of health for that purpose, unless in the written opinion of another physician it would not be prudent on account of sickness, commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(2) Any physician fraudulently giving a certificate of sickness or of vaccination to prevent vaccination commits a Class C misdemeanor.

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.