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TN Code § 68-11-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 6 - Medical Arts Building Act of 1974|§ 68-11-607. Resolution of Governing Body on Details of Bonds to Be Issued

  After the adoption of the initial resolution provided for in § 68-11-606, but not necessarily subsequent to the election on the special question of issuance of bonds, the governing body shall adopt a bond resolution providing the details of the bonds to be issued. Any resolution may contain covenants as to:  The use and disposition of the rentals from the medical arts building for which the bonds are to be issued, including the creation and maintenance of reserves;   The issuance of other or additional bonds payable from the income and revenues from the medical arts building;   The maintenance and repair of the medical arts building;   The insurance to be carried on the medical arts building and the use and disposition of insurance moneys; and   The terms and conditions upon which the holders of the bonds, or any portion of the bonds or any trustees for the bonds, are entitled to the appointment of a receiver by the chancery court, which court shall have jurisdiction in such proceedings.     The receiver may enter and take possession of the medical arts building and lease and maintain it, prescribe rentals and collect, receive and apply all income and revenues thereafter arising from the medical arts building, in the same manner and to the same extent as the municipality itself might do.   This part and any such resolution or resolutions shall be a contract with the holder or holders of the bonds and shall continue in effect until the principal of and the interest on the bonds so issued have been fully paid, and the duties of the county or municipality and its governing body and officers under this part, and any bond resolution or resolutions shall be enforceable by a bondholder by mandamus, or other appropriate suit, action or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction.
TN Code § 68-11-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 6 - Medical Arts Building Act of 1974|§ 68-11-608. Collection of Rents for Payment of Bonds

  The governing body of the municipality issuing bonds pursuant to this part shall prescribe and collect rentals for each medical arts building, and shall revise the rentals from time to time whenever necessary, so that the income and revenues to be derived from the rentals will always be sufficient to pay when due all bonds and interest on the bonds for the payment of which the revenues are pledged, including reserve for the bonds if any, and to provide for all expenses of operation and maintenance, of the medical arts buildings, and for an adequate depreciation account, if desired, in connection with the medical arts building.   All funds arising under this part shall be kept separate and apart from other funds of the municipality.
TN Code § 68-11-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 6 - Medical Arts Building Act of 1974|§ 68-11-609. Bonds Secured by Lien on Rentals

 All bonds issued under this part and the interest on the bonds shall be secured by a lien upon the rentals from the medical arts building for which the bonds have been issued, and the governing body may provide in the bond resolution for additional bonds to be equally and ratably secured by a lien upon the rentals or may provide that the lien upon the rentals for future bonds shall be subordinate.
TN Code § 68-11-610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 6 - Medical Arts Building Act of 1974|§ 68-11-610. Pledges of Full Faith and Credit and Taxing Power as Additional Security — Enforcement of Bondholders' Rights

   If desired by the governing body in order to further secure the payment of any of the bonds issued pursuant to this part, and interest on the bonds, any municipality shall have the power as to the bonds to pledge in addition to all other revenues and funds provided for in this part, the full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power of the county or municipality to the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds.   In the event the pledge of full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power of the county or municipality is given, any holder or holders of the bonds, including a trustee or trustees for holders of such bonds, shall have the right, in addition to all other rights, by mandamus or other suit, action or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction, to enforce the holder's or holders', or any such trustee's or trustees' rights against the municipality, and the governing body of the county or municipality and any officer, agent or employee of the county or municipality, including, but not limited to, the right to require the county or municipality and governing body and any proper officer, agent or employee of the county or municipality, to assess, levy and collect taxes and other revenues and charges adequate to carry out any agreement as to, or pledge of, such taxes, revenues and charges.     The taxes authorized to be pledged in this part shall be levied without limit as to rate or amount upon all taxable property within the county or municipality, and all such taxes to be levied are declared to have been levied for county and corporation purposes, respectively, within the meaning of article II, § 29 of the Constitution of Tennessee.
TN Code § 68-11-611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 6 - Medical Arts Building Act of 1974|§ 68-11-611. Validity of Bonds

  Bonds issued pursuant to this part bearing the signatures, or facsimiles of the signatures of the officers in office on the date of the signing of the bonds shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery of the bonds and payment for the bonds, any or all the persons whose signatures or facsimile signatures appear on the bonds shall have ceased to be officers of the county or municipality issuing the bonds.   The validity of the bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, extension or equipping of the medical arts building for which the bonds are issued.   The bond resolution shall provide that the bonds contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this part, which recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance.
TN Code § 68-11-612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 6 - Medical Arts Building Act of 1974|§ 68-11-612. Bonds Exempt From Taxes

 All bonds issued pursuant to this part and the income from the bonds shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, except inheritance, transfer and estate taxes.
TN Code § 68-11-613 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 6 - Medical Arts Building Act of 1974|§ 68-11-613. Bonds Legal and Authorized Investments

  Bonds issued under the authority of this part and secured by a pledge of full faith and credit shall be and are declared to be legal and authorized investments for banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, insurance companies, fiduciaries, trustees, guardians and for all public funds of the state of Tennessee, including, but not limited to, the sinking funds of cities, towns, villages, counties, school districts or other political corporations or subdivisions of the state.   The bonds shall be eligible to secure the deposit of any and all public funds of the state and any and all public funds of cities, towns, villages, counties, school districts or other political corporations or subdivisions of the state, and the bonds shall be lawful and sufficient security for the deposits to the extent of their value when accompanied by all unmatured coupons appertaining to the bonds.
TN Code § 68-11-614 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 6 - Medical Arts Building Act of 1974|§ 68-11-614. Joint Undertakings

 Two (2) or more counties or municipalities may exercise jointly the powers and authorities conferred upon them individually in this part.
TN Code § 68-11-615 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 6 - Medical Arts Building Act of 1974|§ 68-11-615. Provisions Supplemental — Bonds

  The powers conferred by this part shall be in addition and supplemental to, and the limitations imposed by this part shall not affect the powers conferred by, any other general, special or local law.   Medical arts buildings may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered, extended and equipped, and bonds may be issued under this part for such purposes, notwithstanding that any general, special or local law may provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, extension and equipping of a like medical arts building, or the issuance of bonds for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law.
TN Code § 68-11-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 7 - Patient Transfers|§ 68-11-701. Legislative Intent

 It is the intent of the general assembly that the department of health, acting through the board for licensing health care facilities created in § 68-11-203, shall promulgate rules, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to regulate the transfer of inpatients between hospitals, and that inpatients should not be involuntarily transferred for purely economic reasons, but should receive the needed medical care as required by chapter 140, part 3 of this title.
TN Code § 68-11-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 7 - Patient Transfers|§ 68-11-702. Standards and Policies

  The department of health, acting through the board for licensing health care facilities created in § 68-11-203, shall adopt rules, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to provide standards governing the transfer of hospital inpatients. The rules shall provide that inpatient transfers between hospitals shall be accomplished in a medically reasonable manner by providing for:  The transfer of patients requiring emergency services who have sustained an injury or who are suffering from an acute medical condition where the injury or condition is liable to cause death, severe injury, or severe illness, as determined by a physician, only after having complied with the requirements of chapter 140, part 3 of this title;   The use of medically reasonable life support measures to stabilize the patient prior to transfer and to sustain the patient during the transfer, as determined by a physician;   The transfer of any necessary records for continuing the care for the patient;   The prohibition of discrimination against patients based on race, religion or national origin; and   The date by which each hospital must adopt policies in accordance with these rules.     Each hospital shall adopt policies relating to inpatient transfers that are consistent with the rules adopted by the board.
TN Code § 68-11-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 7 - Patient Transfers|§ 68-11-703. Notice and Correction of Violations

 If the board for licensing health care facilities finds that a hospital is violating or has violated this part, or a rule adopted pursuant to this part, the board shall notify the hospital of its finding and shall provide the hospital a reasonable opportunity to correct the violation.
TN Code § 68-11-704 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 7 - Patient Transfers|§ 68-11-704. Suspension or Revocation of License

 A violation of this part is deemed to constitute sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of the hospital's license, as provided at § 68-11-207, and shall further subject the institution to the penalties provided in § 68-11-213.
TN Code § 68-11-705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 7 - Patient Transfers|§ 68-11-705. Persons With Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability

 In promulgating the regulations regarding transfers of hospital inpatients, as required by this part, the board for licensing health care facilities shall give due regard to title 33, regarding commitment and transfer of persons with mental illness or intellectual disability, it being the express legislative intent that neither this part nor the regulations promulgated pursuant to this part shall be construed to constitute an amendment or modification of title 33.
TN Code § 68-11-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 8 - Deficient Nursing Homes|§ 68-11-801. Authority to Impose Penalties — Consultation to Determine Medical Necessity

  The commissioner of health has the authority to impose civil monetary penalties upon deficient nursing homes, as defined by § 68-11-201, under the circumstances provided in this part.   In addition to the civil monetary penalties specifically enumerated in this part, the commissioner has the authority to impose civil monetary penalties in such amount, scope, manner and circumstances as required by the federal Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987.   The commissioner has the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to impose the civil monetary penalties described in subsection (b).   The imposition of a state civil penalty pursuant to this section and the decision to impose such penalty shall not be affected by either the imposition or withholding of a federal sanction under Title XVIII, compiled in 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq., or Title XIX, compiled in 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., of the Social Security Act.
TN Code § 68-11-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 8 - Deficient Nursing Homes|§ 68-11-802. Type a Civil Monetary Penalties

  Type A civil monetary penalties may be imposed whenever the commissioner finds the conditions in a nursing home are, or are likely to be, detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of the patients, and the commissioner has accompanied this finding by ordering the nursing home to suspend the admission of any new patients, as provided by § 68-11-252.   No type A civil penalty may be imposed solely for a communicable disease where the nursing home has maintained an adequate quality of patient care and made reasonable efforts to prevent the spread of the communicable disease.   The imposition of a type A civil penalty shall exclude the assessment of type B or type C civil penalties for the specific violations contributing to these conditions.
TN Code § 68-11-805 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 8 - Deficient Nursing Homes|§ 68-11-805. Applicability of Penalties — Higher, Additional and More Detailed Standards — Lesser Standards Not Allowed

  The standards specified in §§ 68-11-803 and 68-11-804 are those whose violation may justify the imposition of a civil monetary penalty.   The board for licensing health care facilities may, as authorized by § 68-11-209, promulgate rules and regulations establishing higher, additional and more detailed minimum standards for nursing homes, but the board shall not have the authority to adopt any standard that is less rigorous than those specified in §§ 68-11-801 — 68-11-805.   Should the board find that its rules governing licensed nursing homes are less rigorous than §§ 68-11-801 — 68-11-805, the board shall amend its rules to conform to these standards.   Should the board adopt higher standards, they may be used for all purposes related to the licensing of nursing homes, but will not alter the circumstances under which civil penalties can be imposed, that power being specifically reserved for the general assembly.
TN Code § 68-11-806 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 8 - Deficient Nursing Homes|§ 68-11-806. Notification of Inspection or False Statements — Civil Monetary Penalties — Assessment — Procedure

  Any individual who notifies, or causes to be notified, a nursing home of the time or date of an inspection conducted pursuant to § 68-11-210 is subject to a civil monetary penalty of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000).   Any individual who willfully and knowingly certifies a material and false statement in a resident assessment required by federal law and prepared in accordance with rules and regulations of the department or board is subject to a civil monetary penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each assessment.   Any individual who willfully and knowingly causes another individual to certify a material and false statement in a resident assessment required by federal law and prepared in accordance with rules and regulations of the department or board is subject to a civil monetary penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each assessment.   All civil monetary penalties pursuant to this section shall be assessed as follows:  The department may initiate the proceeding by mailing to the individual a written statement citing the provisions of this section that the department alleges to have been violated, stating the amount of the penalty being assessed and informing the individual of the individual's right to contest the penalty;    All penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall become final and not subject to review, unless the individual requests a hearing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the written statement of violation;   Should the individual fail to answer or to demand a hearing within thirty (30) days, the individual shall be deemed to have waived the individual's right to a hearing, to have admitted the allegations of the assessment, and the civil penalty shall become due and payable;     Should the individual pay the penalty assessed on or before the day on which the answer is due without contesting the assessment, the amount of the penalty shall be reduced by ten percent (10%); and   All provisions contained in §§ 68-11-801, 68-11-805, 68-11-815, and 68-11-826 shall apply to penalties provided in this section.
TN Code § 68-11-812 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 8 - Deficient Nursing Homes|§ 68-11-812. Notice That Violation Is or May Constitute Basis of Suspension of Admissions or Civil Monetary Penalty

  Upon finding a violation that is, or may be, the basis of a suspension of admissions, as provided in § 68-11-252, or that is, or may be, the basis of a civil monetary penalty as set forth in §§ 68-11-801 — 68-11-805, the department inspector shall orally and in writing advise the nursing home of the findings before concluding the inspection or investigation. The written notification shall include an acknowledgement of both the findings and the state or federal penalties that could result from the findings.   As soon as practicable after the department inspector advises the nursing home of finding a violation that is, or may be, the basis of a suspension of admissions, as provided in § 68-11-252, or that is, or may be, the basis of a civil monetary penalty as set forth in §§ 68-11-801 — 68-11-805, the commissioner shall provide notice of the apparent violation to the members of the senate and house of representatives of the general assembly in whose district the nursing home is located.
TN Code § 68-11-813 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 8 - Deficient Nursing Homes|§ 68-11-813. Initiation of Type a Penalty Proceedings — Suspension of Admissions — Contests — Hearings

  Type A civil penalties shall be assessed by the commissioner in the commissioner's order suspending the admission of any new patients to the nursing home, as provided in § 68-11-252.    Within three (3) working days after concluding the inspection or investigation, the commissioner may initiate type A civil penalty proceedings by mailing a notice to the facility, stating the commissioner's decision to suspend the admissions of new patients.   Within eight (8) working days after concluding the inspection or investigation, the department shall mail to the nursing home the commissioner's order, which shall detail the alleged facts and pertinent law with particularity, and shall also inform the nursing home of its right to contest the action.     Should any nursing home exercise its right to a hearing in contest of both the assessment of a type A civil penalty and the suspension of admissions, the matters shall be consolidated for hearing before an administrative judge and, should reconsideration of the administrative judge's initial order be requested by either party pursuant to § 4-5-317, the matters may be separated with the board for licensing health care facilities reviewing the suspension of admissions and the civil penalty being reviewed as provided in §§ 68-11-811 — 68-11-820.
TN Code § 68-11-814 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 8 - Deficient Nursing Homes|§ 68-11-814. Initiation of Type B or C Penalty Proceedings

  Within three (3) working days after concluding the inspection or investigation, the department may initiate type B or type C civil penalty proceedings by mailing to the nursing home a written statement citing the provisions of §§ 68-11-801 — 68-11-805 that the department alleges to have been violated, stating the amount of the penalty being assessed, and informing the facility of its right to contest the penalty.   Within eight (8) working days after concluding the inspection or investigation, the department shall mail to the nursing home a more detailed statement describing the findings with particularity and citing the law with specificity.