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TN Code § 37-5-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 37-5-509. Criminal Violations

  Any person or entity, as defined in § 37-5-501, operating a child care agency without being licensed by the department or who continues to operate while a suspension of the license is in effect, or who operates a child care agency following the effective date of a denial or revocation of a license, commits a Class A misdemeanor.   Each day of operation without an effective license constitutes a separate offense.    It is unlawful for any person who is an operator, licensee or employee of a child care agency to make any statement, whether written or verbal, knowing such statement is false, including, but not limited to, statements regarding:  The number of children in the child care agency;   The area of the child care agency used for child care; or   The credentials, licensure or qualification of any care giver, employee, substitute or volunteer of the child care agency, when such statement is made to a parent or guardian of a child in the care of such agency, to any state or local official having jurisdiction over such agencies, or to any law enforcement officer.     In order for subdivision (c)(1) to apply, the falsity of the statement must place at risk the health or safety of a child in the care of the child care agency.   A violation of subdivision (c)(1) is a Class A misdemeanor.   This subsection (c) includes statements made in any child care agency license application that misrepresents or conceals a material fact that would have resulted in the license's being denied.   In addition to any punishment authorized under this subsection (c), the department may also take any licensure action authorized under this part.
TN Code § 37-5-510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 37-5-510. Public Agencies — Inspection and Report

  Any child care agency, as defined in § 37-5-501, that is under the direct management of an administrative department of the state, a county, or a municipality, or any combination of these three (3), shall not be subject to licensure, but shall meet the minimum standards for programs and care as required of such child care agencies.    The commissioner, through the commissioner's authorized representative, shall make periodic inspections of such publicly administered child care agencies.   The report of such inspections and recommendations shall be made in writing to the executive head of the publicly administered child care agency, the board of directors, if any, and the division of the state, county or municipal government that has the duty under the law to operate such agency.     It is the duty of the department to cooperate with the publicly administered agencies herein referred to, to implement recommended changes in program and policies.   If, within a reasonable time, such standards and recommendations are not met, it shall be the duty of the commissioner to make public in the community in which this agency is located, the report of the above-mentioned inspection.    If violations of the standards for child care agencies are found and are not corrected within a reasonable time, or, if serious violations are found that meet the requirements that would justify the suspension of a child care agency's license pursuant to § 4-5-320, the department may file a complaint in the chancery court of the county in which the child care agency is located.   The chancery court shall have jurisdiction to hear the complaint and to enter any orders or injunctive relief necessary to ensure the correction of such violations or to suspend the operations of the facility for the protection of the children who are in the care of the child care agency.
TN Code § 37-5-513 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 37-5-513. Inspection of Persons or Entities Providing Child Care

  It is the duty of the department, through its duly authorized agents, to inspect at regular intervals, without previous notice, all child care agencies or suspected child care agencies, as defined in § 37-5-501.    The department is given the right of entrance, privilege of inspection, access to accounts, records, and information regarding the whereabouts of children under care for the purpose of determining the kind and quality of the care provided to the children and to obtain a proper basis for its decisions and recommendations.   If refused entrance for inspection of a licensed, approved or suspected child care agency, the chancery or circuit court of the county where the licensed, approved or suspected child care agency may be located may issue an immediate ex parte order permitting the department's inspection upon a showing of probable cause, and the court may direct any law enforcement officer to aid the department in executing such order and inspection. Refusal by the child care agency to obey the inspection order may be punished as contempt.     Any violation of the rights given in this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 37-5-515 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 37-5-515. Board of Review for Licensing Actions

 Actions by the department to deny or revoke or to otherwise limit any license, except for the summary suspension of a license, shall be reviewed by the child care agency board of review established pursuant to title 71, chapter 3, part 5.
TN Code § 37-5-516 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 37-5-516. Licensing Standards Committees

  The commissioner shall appoint a standards committee composed of twelve (12) citizens, three (3) from each grand division of the state, and three (3) at-large for the purpose of developing or reviewing standards and regulations for each class of child care agency defined in this part. The classes of child care agencies regulated by the department shall be represented by members of the standards committee.   For any new class of child care agency as defined in this part, the standards committee shall develop and recommend to the commissioner the standards and regulations for that new class of child care agency. The standards and regulations of each existing class of child care agency shall be reviewed by a standards committee beginning every four (4) years following the date of submission of its last recommendations or more frequently as the commissioner may direct.   The standards committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the commissioner in recommending any initial standards or regulations or any changes to the existing standards or regulations of any class of child care agency.   The committee shall cease to exist upon submitting its recommendations to the commissioner, but may be re-established by the commissioner at any time to further review its recommendations or to consider additional standards or regulations or to consider revisions to the standards or regulations.    In making appointments to the committee, the commissioner shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person serving on the committee is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person serving on the committee is a member of a racial minority.   Except as otherwise provided in this section, in making appointments to the standards committee, the department shall strive to ensure that the membership of the standards committee includes a balance of representatives of the regulated industry and persons whose expertise would be of assistance to the department. The department shall appoint child advocates, social workers, attorneys, and other persons with knowledge and expertise in the specified area, as well as citizen members to the committee.     The members of the committee shall not receive any compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their travel to and from the committee meetings and for their meals and lodging in accordance with the state travel procedures and regulations.
TN Code § 37-5-517 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 37-5-517. Individual Plans — Reports

  An agency shall prepare a written plan for each child in foster care and each child placed in its care by voluntary agreement. Such plans shall be prepared at the time a child comes under the supervision of the agency. Such plan shall be subject to review by the department. Failure to prepare such a plan shall be grounds for revocation of the agency's license.   In its annual report to the department pursuant to § 37-5-519, the agency shall include the number of children in foster care, the total number of children who have been in care during the year, the number of plans prepared, the number of children adopted, and the average length of the stay of the children.
TN Code § 37-5-518 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 37-5-518. Annual Reports of Child Care Agencies

  Each child care agency shall make an annual report of its work to the department in such reasonable form as the department shall prescribe.   The department shall prepare and supply to all child care agencies the necessary printed forms to record the requested information.
TN Code § 37-5-519 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 37-5-519. Departmental Annual Report

 The department shall prepare a comprehensive annual report of the status of child care agencies within the state subject to its jurisdiction, accompanied by special comments and recommendations, and the reports shall be published at state expense for the information of the general assembly and for distribution to interested persons. The report shall be published as part of the department's annual report required by § 37-5-105(4).
TN Code § 37-5-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 6 - Multi-Level Response System for Children and Families|§ 37-5-601. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:   “Family” means the members of a household living, on a full-time or a part-time basis, in one (1) house, condominium, apartment or other dwelling; people related by blood or ancestry, marriage, or adoption; any person who is holding out to the public as being a family member of a minor; foster parents and foster children; stepparents and stepchildren; and any other group that the department determines by policy or rule to constitute a family for purposes of this part; and   “Maltreatment” means abuse as defined in § 37-1-102, or child sexual abuse as defined in § 37-1-602.
TN Code § 37-5-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 6 - Multi-Level Response System for Children and Families|§ 37-5-602. Purposes

  The purposes of this part are to safeguard and enhance the welfare of children and to preserve family life, by preventing harm and sexual abuse to children and by strengthening the ability of families to parent their children effectively through a multi-level response system using available community-based public and private services. It is intended that the department perform its function under this part pursuant to the belief that families can change the circumstances associated with the level of risk to a child, when they are provided with intensive and comprehensive services tailored to their strengths and needs. The department's fundamental assumptions shall be that most children are better off with their own families than in substitute care, and that separation has detrimental effects on both parents and children. Whenever possible, preservation of the family should serve as the framework for services, but, in any case, the best interests of the child shall be paramount.   The further purpose of this part is to authorize and require the department to develop a demonstration program to carry out the purposes stated in subsection (a). A specific objective of the demonstration program is to reduce the incidence of children who are subjected to maltreatment. Until the program is in effect statewide, this part shall be in effect only in the areas in which the demonstration program is established.
TN Code § 37-5-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 6 - Multi-Level Response System for Children and Families|§ 37-5-603. Establishment of Demonstration Program — State Advisory Committee — Reporting

   No later than July 1, 2006, the department shall establish a demonstration program that conforms to the requirements of this part and carries out its purposes in at least three (3) but no more than five (5) areas of the state selected by the department. The multi-level response system shall be designed to protect children from maltreatment, through the effective use of available community-based public and private services. The program should be staffed by case managers and other personnel and child protective services investigators, as called for in this part. There shall be at least one (1) area in each grand division of the state. Areas may be composed of any combination of one (1) or more counties. No later than July 1, 2007, the demonstration program shall be expanded to include a total of no less than ten (10) areas of the state selected by the department. No later than July 1, 2010, the program shall be implemented in all areas of the state.   To facilitate accomplishment of the purposes of this part, the department shall establish a state advisory committee composed of representatives from the offices of the commissioners of correction, education, health, human services, mental health and substance abuse services, and intellectual and developmental disabilities, the commission on children and youth, and any other state or community-based public or private agency or office that the department determines serves children or families in ways that might be used in the demonstration program. The department shall pursue the creation of such interagency agreements permitted by law as will enable the department to accomplish the purposes of this part.     The department shall advise the governor, the judiciary committee of the senate, the committee of the house of representatives having oversight over children and families, and the health and welfare committee of the senate of the progress the department is making toward implementation of the program by providing them with a summary progress report highlighting key implementation activities, including, but not limited to, site selection, timelines, barriers to implementation, identification of needed resources, interagency cooperation, and progress in establishing local advisory committees, on October 1, 2005, and every six (6) months thereafter, until statewide implementation is achieved. After the first year of operation of the program, the department shall include in its report any recommendations for changes in the law, including whether there are any kinds of cases investigated under chapter 1, parts 4 and 6 of this title, that the experience of the department shows can be safely excluded from mandatory investigation under those parts.
TN Code § 37-5-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 6 - Multi-Level Response System for Children and Families|§ 37-5-606. Training and Information

 Before the demonstration program is instituted in an area, the department shall assure that all personnel in the program in that area are thoroughly trained in matters relating to their role in the program, utilizing, to the extent possible, existing training resources for each profession. The training shall include information on the culturally diverse community, including, but not limited to, religious, dietary, and education requirements of families affected by this part. At a minimum, training should be provided to all departmental personnel involved in the demonstration project, including case managers. In addition, the department shall offer training to community-based service providers, attorneys, prosecutors, guardians ad litem, judges, and law enforcement personnel. Informational materials concerning the demonstration program should be prepared for families and their attorneys.
TN Code § 37-5-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 6 - Multi-Level Response System for Children and Families|§ 37-5-607. Independent Local Advisory Board

 In each county in which the multi-level response system is implemented, the department shall facilitate the formation of an independent local advisory board, which shall not be a part of the department, and which shall be composed of appropriate community representatives, including representatives from families in the community, local public agencies, including schools, health departments and other health care providers, juvenile court, and law enforcement officials, and other available community-based resources. Each local advisory board shall recommend ways to bring together the department, families, and available resource providers within that community and shall assist with the development of community-based resources that may be needed by families. The local advisory board may review individual cases, in its discretion, to the extent that such review may be done without jeopardizing the confidentiality of the records or the confidentiality obligations of those who provided the information. The department shall collaborate with the local advisory board and the community to identify or develop local formal and informal services for children and families.
TN Code § 37-5-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 6 - Multi-Level Response System for Children and Families|§ 37-5-608. Rules and Regulations

 The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 37-10-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - Liability of Parent or Guardian for Acts of Juveniles|§ 37-10-101. Recovery for Injury or Damage by Juvenile

 Any municipal corporation, county, town, village, school district or department of this state, or any person, or any religious organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall be entitled to recover damages in an action in assumpsit in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in a court of competent jurisdiction from the parents or guardian of the person of any minor under eighteen (18) years of age, living with the parents or guardian of the person, who maliciously or willfully causes personal injury to such person or destroys property, real, personal or mixed, belonging to such municipal corporation, county, town, village, school district or department of this state or persons or religious organizations.
TN Code § 37-10-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - Liability of Parent or Guardian for Acts of Juveniles|§ 37-10-102. Limitation on Amount of Recovery

 The recovery shall be limited to the actual damages in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in addition to taxable court costs.
TN Code § 37-10-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - Liability of Parent or Guardian for Acts of Juveniles|§ 37-10-103. Circumstances Under Which Parent or Guardian Liable

  A parent or guardian shall be liable for the tortious activities of a minor child that cause injuries to persons or property where the parent or guardian knows, or should know, of the child's tendency to commit wrongful acts that can be expected to cause injury to persons or property and where the parent or guardian has an opportunity to control the child but fails to exercise reasonable means to restrain the tortious conduct.   A parent or guardian shall be presumed to know of a child's tendency to commit wrongful acts, if the child has previously been charged and found responsible for such actions.
TN Code § 37-10-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 2 - Tennessee Missing Children Recovery Act|§ 37-10-201. Short Title — Part Definitions

  This part shall be referred to as the “Tennessee Missing Children Recovery Act.”   As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Child” means any person under twenty-one (21) years of age;   “Missing child” means a child who is believed to have been removed by force, persuasion, trick, enticement, false pretense, has voluntarily left the custody of such child's parent without permission or is absent for unexplained or unknown reasons; and   “Parent” means a natural or adoptive parent, guardian, or person or organization standing in a loco parentis position by virtue of an order of a court.
TN Code § 37-10-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 2 - Tennessee Missing Children Recovery Act|§ 37-10-202. Initial Missing Child Report — Statement of Identification Information

 Whenever the parent knows, learns or believes that a child under the parent's charge and care is missing, such parent shall report the child to a police or sheriff's office, Tennessee bureau of investigation or any law enforcement officer and make a statement to the agency of all available facts that will aid in the recognition, identification or location and recovery of the child.
TN Code § 37-10-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 2 - Tennessee Missing Children Recovery Act|§ 37-10-203. Formal Missing Child Report — Entry of Report Into Ncic

 Every law enforcement officer receiving information from a parent or any source that it deems creditable shall prepare a formal missing child report.  A law enforcement agency reporting a missing child is further required to enter or cause to be entered the report of the missing child into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) within two (2) hours of the receipt of the initial missing child report.