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TN Code § 68-12-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-101. Clinics for Children With Physical Disabilities Authorized — State After-Care Program

  In order to provide proper care, advice and approved medical and surgical treatment for children with physical disabilities, the department of health is empowered to organize and conduct local public diagnostic and operative clinics for such children, in cooperation with local lawful authorities, medical societies, social welfare, public health, or private agencies, designed to give such children expert diagnosis and advice near their homes.   Such diagnosis and advice shall be rendered by orthopedic surgeons and other experts in the different parts of the state who have been approved and designated by the department.   The department is further empowered to include and carry on a state program of convalescent care and follow-up work, providing after-care for the health of such children as part of its general program of health work.
TN Code § 68-12-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-102. “Child With a Physical Disability” — Defined

  For the purposes of this chapter, a “child with a physical disability” is one under twenty-one (21) years of age who is deemed to have a physical disability by any reason, whether congenital or acquired, as a result of accident, or disease, that requires medical, surgical, or dental treatment and rehabilitation, and who is or may be totally or partially incapacitated for the receipt of a normal education or for self-support.   This definition does not include those children whose sole diagnosis is blindness or deafness; nor does this definition include children who are diagnosed as psychotic.   This definition does not prohibit children's special services from accepting for treatment children with acute conditions such as, but not necessarily limited to, fractures, burns and osteomyelitis.
TN Code § 68-12-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-103. Treatment and Care of Indigent Children — Eligibility — Procedure

  In order to provide care and suitable and approved medical and surgical treatment, as provided in this chapter for children with a physical disability whose parents or guardians or other persons in whose care they may be, fail, or are financially unable in whole or in part to provide the necessary treatment, the department of health is empowered to accept the responsibility for the treatment of these children for the purpose of providing such medical, surgical, dental, hospital, outpatient clinic service, rehabilitation or domiciliary care, or any service needed to assist such children to minimize the effects of the disability for which they are being treated.    A determination of financial eligibility for service for each of these children shall be made by the director of children's special services of the department.   In making a determination, the director of children's special services shall take into consideration the family income, the number of dependents in the family, the probable total cost of treatment and the other financial responsibilities of the family.   Such determination shall be based on regulations promulgated by the commissioner and approved by the Tennessee public health council [repealed].
TN Code § 68-12-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-104. Expenses of Care and Treatment — Payment

 The necessary expenses of such care and treatment, including maintenance, personal necessities, artificial limbs, appliances and accessories and their upkeep, and of conveyance to and from the places designated for such services, shall be borne in whole or in part by the parent or guardian if financially able, or as funds are available by the department of health; provided, that the department may charge to the county in which such children with a physical disability reside a portion of the cost, the portion to be determined by the formula as authorized in § 68-12-107(4).
TN Code § 68-12-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-105. Placement for Administering Care and Treatment

 The department of health shall arrange for the care and treatment provided for in this chapter, at such children's homes, orthopedic or other hospitals or institutions or schools or homes, public or private, as may be approved by the department.
TN Code § 68-12-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-106. Enforcement of Chapter — Advisory Committee for Children's Special Service Created — Members

  The department of health is charged with the duty of carrying out this chapter.   The commissioner of health, with the approval of the governor, may appoint an advisory committee to be known as the advisory committee for children's special services, and such committee, if appointed, shall advise the department relative to the children's special services, as requested by the commissioner.    The advisory committee shall consist of seven (7) members, and due consideration shall be given to the geographic distribution of the members so as to have general representation throughout the state.    At the expiration of the initial terms of appointment, each succeeding appointment shall be for a period of four (4) years. The commissioner may remove any member for cause.   Any member may be reappointed, and each member shall serve until such member's successor is appointed.   A vacancy in the committee occurring for any cause shall be filled by the commissioner, and the person so appointed shall serve until the expiration of the term for which such person's predecessor had been appointed.      The members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expenses while in attendance at official meetings of the committee.   All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 68-12-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-107. Powers of Department — Special Fund — Collection and Disbursement of Moneys

 The department of health is authorized and empowered to:   Accept gifts, donations or bequests from either public or private sources made or placed in trust to assist in carrying out the purposes of this chapter; provided, that such funds shall be placed in the care of the state treasurer and shall be designated as the “special private fund for children with a physical disability”; and provided further, that any donation or gift, if expressly specified by the donor, may be used to supplement the salary of any person engaged in work for children with a physical disability, whether such person is an employee of the state or not;   Collect payments, in cooperation with local courts and specially appointed local representatives, from parents or guardians who are able to pay, in whole or in part, for the care of their children and wards;   Pay the costs of children's special services, including the costs of care and treatment for the children, the payment to be made out of the funds available for that purpose through state legislative appropriations, federal grant-in-aid, or gifts or donations, or funds paid in by parents or guardians, or by counties, as reimbursements; provided, that no part of the funds coming by way of gift, donation, bequests or reimbursements made to the department for the care of children shall be used for administration, unless given expressly for that purpose; and   Charge to the proper fiscal officers of counties in which such certified or committed children have their legal residences, such part of the costs, exclusive of the cost of administration, incurred by the department in treating and caring for such children as may be determined by a formula to be devised by the public health council [repealed] of the department. The formula shall take into consideration, among other items, counties' appropriation made specifically for children's special services in relation to total population of the county, availability of state and other funds available for matching county funds, ability of the county to appropriate funds for all county services, and special needs in public health and related fields.
TN Code § 68-12-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-108. Enumeration of Physically Disabled Children by Department of Education

   The department of education shall furnish to the department of health a list of all persons enumerated in the school census who have a physical disability.   Such children of school age or younger shall be listed, together with the nature of their disabilities, on a separate enumeration blank provided for that purpose.      For listing each such child below school age the sum of ten cents (10¢) shall be allowed the enumerator.   It is the duty of the county board of education and of the city board of education in cities maintaining separate school systems to have enumerated all children with a physical disability of school age or younger residing within their respective jurisdictions, and to furnish to the department of education a list of such persons.
TN Code § 68-12-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-109. Special Schools and Classes to Be Provided

 The department of education is empowered to provide, and to cooperate with other school authorities in providing, special schools and special classes in the public elementary and high schools, in private schools, in hospitals, in convalescent institutions, and also home and bedside instruction, and transportation to and from school for children with physical or visual disabilities.
TN Code § 68-12-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-110. Funds for Care or Education

 All funds made available by appropriation or otherwise, and unexpended, for the care, treatment or education of children with physical disabilities, are for the carrying out of this chapter.
TN Code § 68-12-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-111. Appropriations Available for Use

 Such part of the sums appropriated for the administration and maintenance of the general work of the department of health and of the department of education as may be necessary for the carrying out of the duties imposed on these departments by this chapter are made available for the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter.
TN Code § 68-12-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 12 - Treatment of Disabled Children|§ 68-12-112. Coverage Extended to Cystic Fibrosis Victims Twenty-One Years or Older

  The department of health is authorized to extend coverage to persons with cystic fibrosis who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older.   Coverage shall be extended to such persons under the conditions, terms, requirements and criteria which the department shall deem to be appropriate through the promulgation of rules and regulations.
TN Code § 68-29-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act.”
TN Code § 68-29-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-102. Purpose of Chapter

  It is the purpose of this chapter to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state from the hazards of improper performance by medical laboratories. Medical laboratories provide essential services to the patient by furnishing the medical practitioner with vital information that is essential to a determination of the nature, cause, extent, and condition involved, and the people of this state are entitled to receive the highest level of competency, reliability, and accuracy that may be expected from medical laboratories. Unreliable and inaccurate reports may cause unnecessary anxiety, suffering, financial burdens, and even contribute directly to death. It is the intent of this chapter to safeguard the people of this state by regulating the operation of medical laboratories.   The further purpose of this chapter is to authorize the commissioner to enter into agreements with other states pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, compiled in title 12, chapter 9, for services to be provided by the department's division of laboratories.
TN Code § 68-29-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-105. Rules and Regulations

 The board is authorized to adopt, promulgate and publish rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following subject matters:   The licensure of all medical laboratories and personnel and/or special analysts meeting the licensure requirements of this chapter;   The determination of the qualification of medical laboratory personnel and/or special analysts by written, oral or practical examination;   The operation of a medical laboratory evaluation program and the establishment of standards of performance in the examination of specimens. As part of the medical laboratory evaluation program, the board may require medical laboratory personnel or special analysts or both to analyze test samples submitted to them by the board or by an agency approved by the board and report on the results of the analysis;   The establishment of standards for construction of new, or modification of existing medical laboratories, including plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, electrical services and similar conditions, that shall ensure the conduct and operation of the laboratory in a manner that will protect the public health;   The establishment of standards relating to sanitary conditions within the medical laboratory and its surroundings, including water supply, sewage, the handling of specimens, and general hygiene that shall ensure the protection of the public health;   The establishment of standards for medical laboratory equipment essential to proper conduct and operation of a medical laboratory;   The training of medical laboratory personnel and/or special analysts;   The definition and performance of waived tests;   The establishment of standards for licensed health care facilities to perform point of care testing; and   The establishment of continuing educational requirements for medical laboratory personnel and special analysts, which requirements shall not exceed twenty-five (25) hours per year, including, but not limited to, the review and approval of programs and courses.
TN Code § 68-29-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-106. Inspection of Medical Laboratories

 The board is authorized to require the inspection of the premises and operations of all medical laboratories subject to licensure under this chapter, for the purpose of studying and evaluating the operation, supervision, and procedures of the facilities, and to determine their effect on the health and safety of the people of this state. For this purpose, authorized personnel of the department have the right to enter upon such premises during working hours. Any person obstructing such entry shall be in violation of this chapter.
TN Code § 68-29-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-107. Laboratories to Report Infectious Diseases

 The board shall require reporting by owners or directors of laboratories of infectious diseases for the protection of the public health. The reports shall not be construed as constituting a diagnosis, nor shall any medical laboratory making such report be held liable under the laws of this state for having violated a trust or confidential relationship. The reports submitted shall be deemed confidential and not subject to public inspection.
TN Code § 68-29-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-108. Reports of Medical Laboratory Operations

 The board shall require medical laboratory directors to submit such reports concerning medical laboratory operations as may be necessary to administer this chapter, such as, but not limited to, changes of personnel, services or programs.
TN Code § 68-29-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-110. Schools for Training Laboratory Personnel — Application Fees

  The board shall approve medical laboratories or medical laboratory training facilities to operate schools for training laboratory personnel and to employ medical laboratory trainees for training purposes, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that such laboratories are staffed by qualified personnel and properly equipped and operated to provide training in medical laboratory techniques adequate to prepare individuals to meet the requirements for licensure under this chapter.   No person shall conduct, maintain or operate a school or schools for the training of laboratory personnel unless approved by the board. All schools that train medical laboratory personnel shall make application for a certificate of approval on forms provided by the board. A fee, in the form of a check or money order, shall accompany the application. Such fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200), will be determined annually by the board. Approval of the school shall be valid for the year for which it is issued. Each certificate of approval shall be renewed on January 1 of each year, by making application on forms provided by the board and the remittance of a fee of one hundred dollars ($100).
TN Code § 68-29-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-111. License Required to Operate a Medical Laboratory

 No person shall conduct, maintain, or operate a medical laboratory in this state unless a license has been obtained from the board, except laboratories exempt under § 68-29-104. Unless specifically authorized by the board, an individual shall not be permitted to direct more than one (1) medical laboratory. A separate license shall be obtained for each location.
TN Code § 68-29-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-112. Joint License Where Laboratory Owner Is Not Director — Limitation on Application of License

  A license to conduct a medical laboratory, where the owner is not the director, shall be issued jointly to the owner and the director for the purposes stated in the application, and they shall be separately and jointly responsible to the board for the maintenance and conduct of the laboratory or for any violations of this chapter and the regulations promulgated under this chapter.   A license shall be valid only in the hands of the person or persons to whom it is issued and shall not be the subject of sale, assignment or transfer, voluntary or involuntary, nor shall a license be valid for any premises other than those for which issued.   A new license may be secured for the new location, director or owner prior to the actual change; provided, that the contemplated change is in compliance with this chapter and the regulations promulgated under this chapter.
TN Code § 68-29-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-113. Application for Laboratory License — Fee — Term — Renewal

  An application for a medical laboratory license shall be made under oath, by the owner and director of the medical laboratory or public official responsible for the operation of a city or county medical laboratory or institution that contains a medical laboratory, upon forms provided by the board; provided, that the laboratory is in compliance with the regulations promulgated under the authority of this chapter. The board may issue a temporary license, at no charge to the applicant, which shall be valid for a period of not longer than three (3) months from the date the application is received by the board. After expiration of the three-month period, the applicant shall be issued a permanent license, but, if the laboratory is not in compliance, it shall not be granted a license to operate. A license shall be issued authorizing the performance of one (1) or more medical laboratory procedures or one (1) or more categories of such procedures.    A fee, in the form of a check or money order, shall accompany the application. The fee will be set by the board.   The board shall also set fees for license renewal as required by former § 4-3-1011 [transferred to § 9-4-5117].   Each license shall be renewed by making application on forms provided by the department and submission of the fee as set by the board.   If the licensee fails or neglects to renew the license by the prescribed time, the license may be restored by paying all registration fees due, plus a late monetary penalty and upon finding there are no outstanding violations attributed to the licensee.
TN Code § 68-29-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-114. Issuance of Laboratory Licenses — Restrictions — Qualifications

  A license shall be issued to a medical laboratory to perform only those medical laboratory procedures and tests that are within the specialties or subspecialties in which the medical laboratory director and supervisors are qualified.   A license shall not be issued, unless the board determines that the medical laboratory is adequately staffed and equipped to operate in conformity with the requirements of this chapter and the regulations promulgated under this chapter.
TN Code § 68-29-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act|§ 68-29-115. Contents of Laboratory License — Display

 A medical laboratory license shall specify, on the face of the license, the names of the owner and director, the procedures or categories of procedures authorized, the period for which it is valid, and the location at which such procedures must be performed. The license shall be displayed at all times in a prominent place where it may be viewed by the public.