Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-2-420 — TN Code / Title 52 / Chapter 2 / Section 52-2-420
Licensure for personal support services
Status: in_force

If an agency is licensed as a personal support services agency under this title, it does not have to be licensed under title 68, chapter 11, part 2, as a home care organization to provide personal support services. If an agency is licensed under title 68, chapter 11, part 2, as a home care organization, it does not have to be licensed under this title to provide personal support services. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
If an agency is licensed as a personal support services agency under this title, it does not have to be licensed under title 68, chapter 11, part 2, as a home care organization to provide personal support services. If an agency is licensed under title 68, chapter 11, part 2, as a home care organization, it does not have to be licensed under this title to provide personal support services.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-3-118 — TN Code / Title 52 / Chapter 3 / Section 52-3-118
Certificate of need for commitment - Professional limitations
Status: in_force

A certificate of need for commitment for care and treatment for a person with an intellectual disability that is authorized or required to be made by a physician, psychologist, or other professional under this title is not valid for any purpose if: (1) It is made by a professional who is a relative by blood, marriage, or adoption, or the legal guardian, conservator, or legal custodian of the person who is the subject of the petition, application, or certificate; or (2) It is made by a professional who has an ownership interest in a private facility in which the person is to be admitted. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
A certificate of need for commitment for care and treatment for a person with an intellectual disability that is authorized or required to be made by a physician, psychologist, or other professional under this title is not valid for any purpose if:
(1) It is made by a professional who is a relative by blood, marriage, or adoption, or the legal guardian, conservator, or legal custodian of the person who is the subject of the petition, application, or certificate; or
(2) It is made by a professional who has an ownership interest in a private facility in which the person is to be admitted.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-5-406 — TN Code / Title 52 / Chapter 5 / Section 52-5-406
Custody of defendant by the commissioner
Status: in_force

A judicially committed defendant does not come into the custody of the commissioner until the commissioner determines that the state has an available suitable accommodation and designates a licensed facility to admit the defendant. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
A judicially committed defendant does not come into the custody of the commissioner until the commissioner determines that the state has an available suitable accommodation and designates a licensed facility to admit the defendant.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-3-119 — TN Code / Title 52 / Chapter 3 / Section 52-3-119
Right to religious expression
Status: in_force

A licensee or provider under this title shall not discourage or preclude a person supported from exercising the right to religious expression and shall inform each person supported in a residential environment of this right. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
A licensee or provider under this title shall not discourage or preclude a person supported from exercising the right to religious expression and shall inform each person supported in a residential environment of this right.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-3-107 — TN Code / Title 52 / Chapter 3 / Section 52-3-107
Rules
Status: in_force

The department may promulgate rules to implement this part, including rules on the form, content, and means of consent and disclosure, scope of permissible disclosure, and definitions of terms. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
The department may promulgate rules to implement this part, including rules on the form, content, and means of consent and disclosure, scope of permissible disclosure, and definitions of terms.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-3-208 — TN Code / Title 52 / Chapter 3 / Section 52-3-208
Refusal to perform act unlawful under title - Liability
Status: in_force

Monetary liability and a cause of action do not arise against a person or the service provider in whose service the person was acting for, if: (1) The person has refused to perform any act that is prohibited by or is not lawful under this title; or (2) The person has relinquished authority over a person supported based on a decision by another to whom this title gives express authority to make the decision. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Monetary liability and a cause of action do not arise against a person or the service provider in whose service the person was acting for, if:
(1) The person has refused to perform any act that is prohibited by or is not lawful under this title; or
(2) The person has relinquished authority over a person supported based on a decision by another to whom this title gives express authority to make the decision.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.