Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-9-104

Rules and regulations — Purposes

Known as the Tuberculosis Control Act

The act spans §§ 68–68 (23 sections).

Acts 1971, ch. 210, § 4; 1977, ch. 145, § 3; T.C.A., § 53-1023.

The commissioner is authorized to adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to:

(1) Enable the department to carry out this chapter for the control of tuberculosis;

(2) Establish criteria for the admission of patients to approved hospitals, and for the proper hospital and out-patient care for these patients; and

(3) Establish procedures for the reporting of tuberculosis and for isolating and quarantining those persons infected with tuberculosis who have been determined by the commissioner or by a state, district, county or municipal health officer to be contagious.

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.