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TN Code § 68-1-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-114. Release of Disciplinary Reports

  The division of health related boards shall issue monthly a press release containing a disciplinary report, which shall list all disciplinary actions taken by each board during the prior month. The report shall list, by board, the following:  Name and professional address of any person disciplined the prior month;   Disciplinary action taken; and   Any civil penalty imposed.     The disciplinary report for the prior month shall be made available to newspapers of general circulation in each of the state's metropolitan areas, Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga and the tri-cities area composed of Bristol, Johnson City and Kingsport, by the fifteenth of each following month.
TN Code § 68-1-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-115. Regulations — Tennessee Family Insurance Assistance Program

 The commissioner of health shall promulgate regulations regarding the issuance of information concerning the availability of financial assistance through the state medical assistance program for beneficiaries of group health plans, pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), compiled in 29 U.S.C. §§ 1161 — 1168 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 300bb-1 — 300bb-8, § 56-7-2312 and related laws and regulations.
TN Code § 68-1-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-116. Licenses and Renewals for Registered Professional Environmentalists

  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, all persons who wish to obtain a license as a registered professional environmentalist must, by August 31, 1994, submit an application to the board, accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as set by the state board of examiners for registered professional environmentalists. In addition, an applicant shall successfully pass an examination approved by the board by September 30, 1994.   After August 31, 1994, all persons who wish to renew a license as a registered professional environmentalist shall submit an application for renewal to the department of health. The department may set fees for the renewal of licenses pursuant to this section.
TN Code § 68-1-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-117. Program for Health Care Professional Development for Underserved and Disadvantaged Populations in Tennessee

  There is established a program for health care professional development for underserved and disadvantaged populations in Tennessee at Meharry Medical College School of Medicine. The program shall develop resources for recruiting, training and deploying physicians for service in areas of Tennessee with disadvantaged and medically underserved populations.   The program shall:  Develop programs in undergraduate medical education with positions for qualified Tennessee residents, especially for residents from disadvantaged and medically underserved areas (MUAs);   Expand specialty training in family medicine, preventive medicine, and enhance generalist physician training in the disciplines of internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology;   Increase recruitment of students from disadvantaged communities and health resource shortage areas (HRSAs) of the state;   Deploy physicians into disadvantaged communities in service to local health departments and counties demonstrating need; and   Expand academic and student support services as required for enrolled Meharry students from disadvantaged communities and HRSAs of the state.
TN Code § 68-1-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-118. Specific Authorization Required for Release of Information

 The department of health or any employee of the department of health shall not release information that is not specifically authorized by state or federal law to any insurance company, agency, company or firm, pertaining to the health of any person without the patient's consent, or, if a minor, the consent of the minor's parent, guardian or legal custodian, or pursuant to an appropriate court order.
TN Code § 68-1-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-120. Report on Nursing Home Inspection and Enforcement Activities

 The commissioner shall submit a report by not later than February 1 of each year to the governor and to each house of the general assembly regarding the department's nursing home inspection and enforcement activities during the previous year. The report shall analyze trends in compliance with nursing home standards and residents' rights by nursing homes in the state, and shall be limited to identifying those trends through aggregate and quantitative data only. In preparing the report, the commissioner may utilize quantitative data compiled by nursing homes pursuant to federal or state regulations. The commissioner shall ensure that the report is promptly made available to the public by dissemination via the Internet and that the report is available for members of the public to copy.
TN Code § 68-1-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-122. Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Annual Health Professional Shortage Area Designation Process

  The department of health shall enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Tennessee Primary Care Association, the Tennessee Hospital Association, and the Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment and Retention Center to work cooperatively with respect to the annual health professional shortage area (HPSA) designation process.   The MOU shall include, but not be limited to, the following:  A communication plan including each of the parties during the annual HPSA designation process;   A plan to ensure that the information and methodology utilized to determine the HPSA designation is adequate and accurate; and   A period for comment to the department by the other three (3) MOU parties prior to the submission of the recommendations to the federal government for approval.
TN Code § 68-1-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-123. Report on Access to Care and Safety Net Adequacy

 On or before January 15 of each year, the commissioner of health, in consultation with the department of finance and administration and any other state agency involved in the administration of the safety net program, shall report to the general assembly on data relating to access to care and safety net adequacy related issues. The data shall address adequacy of access and the array of services to which access is available. The report shall also seek to address the allocation of scarce health care resources in the safety net, with attention to developing a rational health care system that does not duplicate services. The report shall specifically assess access to care in rural and underserved areas across the state. The comptroller of the treasury shall also comment on the report. The commissioner shall present the findings of the report to the health and welfare committee of the senate and the health committee of the house of representatives.
TN Code § 68-1-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-124. Coordination of Programs to Prevent and Treat Diabetes — Central Data Repository

 The commissioner is authorized to appoint an individual within the department to coordinate with other state government departments and agencies to ensure that all programs that impact the prevention and treatment of diabetes are coordinated, that duplication of efforts are minimized, and that the impact of the programs is maximized in an attempt to reduce the health consequences and complications of diabetes in this state. The department of health shall serve as the central repository for this state for data related to the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
TN Code § 68-1-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-126. Plan to Establish Demonstration Sites

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the department of health shall assist the council on children's mental health care in developing a plan that will establish demonstration sites in certain geographic areas where children's mental health care is child-centered, family-driven, and culturally and linguistically competent and that provides a coordinated system of care for children's mental health needs in this state.
TN Code § 68-1-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-127. Health Advisory for Mrsa Infections

  No later than July 15 of each year, the department of health shall issue an advisory to the department of education which shall be distributed to schools serving students in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12) and in early childhood programs explaining the risks of community-associated methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and providing guidance on the most current methods on recognizing and preventing these infections.   The departments of health and education shall also prominently display on their web sites links to this information.
TN Code § 68-1-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-129. Optical Examination Waiver Form for Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients

  The department shall develop an optical examination waiver form to permit any patient diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's related dementia, or vascular dementia, to obtain lenses, spectacles, eye glasses, or optical devices using an expired prescription when such patient's disease or dementia would preclude the patient from undergoing an optical examination. The department shall make such forms available on its web site.   Such optical examination waiver form shall be signed by a licensed physician who has determined:  The patient has Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's related dementia, or vascular dementia;   The symptoms of the disease or dementia significantly affect the patient's ability to sit for an optical examination to obtain a new optical prescription;   The patient's lenses, spectacles, eye glasses, or optical devices are lost, broken, or damaged to a degree that renders them unusable; and   The patient would derive significant benefit from replacement.     It is lawful for any optician, optometrist, or ophthalmologist licensed in this state to fill the most recent expired prescription for any lenses, spectacles, eye glasses, or optical devices for a patient; provided, that the prescription is filled once pursuant to an optical examination waiver form described in subsection (b).
TN Code § 68-1-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-130. Development of Plan to Create Apprentice Program for Use by Licensing Boards and Commissions

  The boards and commissions created in title 63, in consultation with the division of health related boards, shall develop a plan to create an apprentice program for use by such boards and commissions.   The plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) shall include, but not be limited to, the subjects of:  Apprenticeship training;   Supervisory standards;   Occupational instruction;   Wages and benefits;   Licensure; and   The role of the division of health related boards in implementing and maintaining the program.     The apprentice plan shall be submitted to the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the government operations committees of the senate and house of representatives, the commissioner of commerce and insurance, the commissioner of health, and the commissioner of labor and workforce development on or before December 31, 2014.
TN Code § 68-1-131 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-131. Reports on Existing Apprenticeship Programs of Boards and Commissions

 Each of the boards and commissions created in title 63 that have statutorily created apprenticeship programs in effect as of July 1, 2014, or that previously had such programs in effect, shall submit a report to the persons and entities listed in § 68-1-130(c) on or before December 31, 2014, that includes:    The reason the apprentice program was created; and   The reason the apprentice program is no longer in effect, if applicable;     Historical data on the apprentice program since its creation, including:  The number of persons participating in the program each year; and   Program outcomes, including the percentage of program participants who have continued in their chosen fields;     A description of the apprentice program and its objectives; and    The number of persons licensed in each profession regulated by such boards and commissions from July 1, 2009, to July 1, 2014; and   The number of persons employed in each profession regulated by such boards and commissions from July 1, 2009, to July 1, 2014.
TN Code § 68-1-132 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-132. Development of Tobacco Prevention Programs

 Using a science and experience-based approach, the department of health shall develop and implement comprehensive tobacco prevention programs for this state. These programs shall include, when available, peer-reviewed and science-based educational materials on tobacco harm reduction and the comparative risks of alternative nicotine products, vapor products, smokeless tobacco products, cigarettes, and other combustible tobacco products.
TN Code § 68-1-133 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-133. Department of Health Website — Links to Asthma Prevention Protocols

  The commissioner of health shall encourage public health organizations, the medical community, the department of education, the department of labor and workforce development, the department of general services, and other relevant stakeholders to examine the asthma prevention protocols posted on the web site of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and related information to assist the medical profession, schools, public venues, workplaces, and other relevant stakeholders, in making appropriate responses to assist in:  Diagnosing environmentally associated exacerbation of asthma in people with asthma;   Avoiding new asthma cases;   Better identifying and avoiding potential triggers so as to protect persons with these conditions; and   Reducing medical costs and lost work or school time.     On or before December 31, 2016, the commissioner shall include on the department of health web site the Internet links to the protocols identified in subsection (a), as existing asthma prevention protocols are helpful tools to better assist people affected by environmental illnesses and multiple chemical sensitivities.
TN Code § 68-1-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-134. Calculation of Income for Members of Uniformed Services for Purposes of Determining Eligibility for Supplemental Food Program

 To the extent permitted by federal law, in calculating income for the purpose of determining eligibility for the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children, the department of health shall not include as income the basic allowance for subsistence (BAS) for applicants who are members of a uniformed service.
TN Code § 68-1-137 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-137. Program Established to Provide Access to Voluntary Reversible Long-Acting Contraception

  As used in this section:  “Family planning centers” means health clinics that receive funding under the Title X program overseen by the United States department of health and human services, Pub. L. 91-572, as well as other health clinics that the commissioner of health finds are qualified and willing to perform comprehensive family planning services; and   “Voluntary reversible long-acting contraception” or “VRLACs,” also known as “long-acting reversible contraceptives” or “LARCs,” means highly effective methods of contraception that last for several years and are easy to use. VRLACs include, but are not limited to, intrauterine contraceptives and birth control implants.      The department of health shall administer a program to improve access to VRLACs for women.   The program shall include:  Training for family planning centers regarding contraceptive methods, including VRLACs, client-centered and non-coercive counseling strategies, and managing side effects;   Training for all public health facilities to ensure that they are qualified and able to provide forms of contraception, including VRLACs;   Assistance to family planning centers regarding administrative or technical issues such as coding, billing, pharmacy rules, and clinic management related to the provision of forms of contraception, including VRLACs and other methods;   General financial support to expand the capacity of family planning centers to provide VRLACs, to train and staff providers, and to keep supplies in stock and available for same-day access by patients;   Education and outreach to the public about the availability, effectiveness, and safety of contraception including VRLAC;   Education and outreach to the public to inform women about alternatives to abortion, including adoption services, and the numerous public and private agencies and services that are available to assist women during pregnancy and after the birth of the child;   Compiling a list of the contraceptive methods available for both over-the-counter and directly through pharmacies, as California and Oregon have done; and   Other services the commissioner of health deems necessary to improve access to comprehensive family planning options.       Implementation and the continuation of the program established in this section is subject to the availability of federal funds made available to the state for that purpose.
TN Code § 68-1-138 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-138. Prohibited Offer or Payment, or Offer or Solicitation, of Commission for Referral of Patient or Patronage With Respect to Alcohol or Drug Services

  A healthcare facility or provider licensed under this title, with respect to alcohol and drug services, as defined in § 33-2-402, shall not knowingly:  Offer or pay a commission, benefit, rebate, kickback, or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, or engage in any split-fee arrangement, in any form whatsoever, to induce the referral of a patient or patronage to or from a licensee or facility licensed under title 33, chapter 2, part 4;   Solicit or receive a commission, benefit, rebate, kickback, or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, or engage in any split-fee arrangement, in any form whatsoever, in return for referring a patient or patronage to or from a licensee or facility licensed under title 33, chapter 2, part 4;   Solicit or receive a commission, benefit, rebate, kickback, or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, or engage in any split-fee arrangement, in any form whatsoever, in return for the acceptance or acknowledgment of treatment from a licensee or facility licensed under title 33, chapter 2, part 4; or   Aid, abet, advise, or otherwise participate in the conduct prohibited under subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3).     Any healthcare facility or provider licensed under this title, with respect to alcohol and drug services, that violates this section is subject to suspension or revocation of the healthcare facility's or provider's license by the appropriate licensing board and the imposition of civil penalties as authorized under this title.
TN Code § 68-1-139 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-139. Training Program for Certified Nurse Practitioners in Treating and Processing Minor Who Is Victim of Sexual Offense

  As used in this section, “minor” means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age.   The department of health may seek a federal grant from the federal department of health and human services' health resources and services administration, or any other applicable entity, for the purpose of developing a training program for certified nurse practitioners in treating and processing a minor who is a victim of an offense described in § 39-13-504, § 39-13-505, § 39-13-506, § 39-13-509, § 39-13-518, § 39-13-522, § 39-13-527, § 39-13-531, or § 39-13-532. Participation in the training program must be free of charge for the certified nurse practitioner participants.
TN Code § 68-1-140 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-1-140. Inclusion of Data Related to Complications of Induced Abortions in Annual Report of Selected Induced Termination of Pregnancy Data

 The department of health shall include data related to complications of induced abortions, including the number of complications and the types of complications, in its annual report of selected induced termination of pregnancy data. The department shall not release any data pursuant to this section in a manner that could identify individual patients.
TN Code § 68-1-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 2 - Quarantine|§ 68-1-201. Power to Quarantine

  The commissioner has the power to:  Declare quarantine whenever, in the commissioner's judgment, the welfare of the public requires it; and   Prescribe such rules and regulations as may be deemed proper for the prevention of the introduction of yellow fever, cholera and other epidemic diseases into the state.      Whenever yellow fever, cholera, smallpox or other epidemic diseases appear in any locality within the state, and information thereof is brought to the knowledge of the department, the commissioner shall prepare and carry into effect such rules and regulations as, in the commissioner's judgment, will, with the least inconvenience to commerce and travel, prevent the spread of the disease.   Whenever the commissioner determines that an influenza outbreak may pose a threat of an epidemic, the commissioner shall prepare and carry into effect rules and regulations that, in the commissioner's judgment, will, with the least inconvenience to commerce and travel, prevent the spread of the disease.