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TN Code § 68-1-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 2 - Quarantine|§ 68-1-202. Quarantine Stations

  The commissioner shall select suitable localities for establishing quarantine stations, and may erect necessary temporary buildings for the disinfection of passengers, baggage, cargo and other matter believed to convey the contagious principle of cholera, yellow fever, smallpox and other epidemic diseases, and may enforce the transshipment of passengers as the commissioner may deem necessary.   The commissioner shall assign to the charge of each station a competent physician and necessary assistants, who shall receive such compensation as the commissioner may deem reasonable and just.
TN Code § 68-1-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 2 - Quarantine|§ 68-1-203. Violating Quarantine a Misdemeanor

 Any person who willfully disregards or evades quarantine, or violates any rule or regulation made in attempting to prevent the spread of any epidemic disease, commits a Class B misdemeanor.
TN Code § 68-1-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 2 - Quarantine|§ 68-1-204. Recommendations by Commissioner to Governor on Allocation of Health Care Resources in Affected Areas

 In the event that an emergency or disaster as defined in § 58-2-101 occurs, that involves outbreaks of disease that present a danger of an epidemic, the commissioner shall make appropriate recommendations to the governor for actions under this title and title 58, chapter 2, to allocate all available heath care resources in the affected areas for immediate and long-term health care needs of the affected populations.
TN Code § 68-1-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 3 - Dental Hygiene|§ 68-1-301. Special Care of Mouth and Teeth — Development of Statewide Strategy — Report

 The commissioner of health has general supervision of the interests of health and life of the citizens of this state, with special reference to the care and preservation of the mouth and teeth. With an understanding of the need to address the lack of resources available for the treatment of adult emergency dental situations, the commissioner will, in conjunction with professional organizations comprised of dental and related health care providers, organizations representing dental health recipients and other key stakeholders, develop a statewide strategy for the provision of adult emergency oral health care, utilizing public and private sector resources. The commissioner will report to the legislature on the progress of this strategy no later than January 15, 2009.
TN Code § 68-1-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 3 - Dental Hygiene|§ 68-1-302. Instruction as to the Care of the Teeth — Appointment of Director — Assistance of Teachers

 The commissioner shall appoint a director to instruct the pupils of the public schools and inmates of the charitable institutions in the importance of the care and preservation of the teeth, and to lecture to the teachers of the schools and institutions with the purpose of securing their assistance in having the pupils of the schools carry out the director's instructions.
TN Code § 68-1-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 3 - Dental Hygiene|§ 68-1-303. Supervision Over Dentists and Dental Equipment — Distribution of Literature — Annual Reports

  The commissioner has general supervision over dentists and dental equipment in the various state institutions.   The commissioner shall distribute such literature throughout the state as will inform the people in the proper way to care for the teeth, and shall submit an annual report to the governor and Tennessee State Dental Association on the work done by and under the commissioner.
TN Code § 68-1-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 3 - Dental Hygiene|§ 68-1-304. County Mouth Hygienists

  To assist the commissioner in carrying out the duties of the commissioner's office, the commissioner is authorized to appoint a reputable dentist in each county seat, who shall serve without compensation and shall be known as county mouth hygienist.   County health departments, both rural and metro, with existing dental staff and facilities receiving state or federal funds, shall, as a high priority to the extent possible within budgetary limitations, provide indigent children with comprehensive dental services and indigent adults with emergency dental services for the relief of pain and infections. The language “to the extent possible within budget limitations” as used in this section does not relieve metropolitan health departments with dental staffs and clinical facilities from occasionally providing emergency services to adult patients who present for relief of pain and infection. Subject to and within current or existing budget limitations, metropolitan health departments are to see adult emergency patients during cancelled or open appointments in their schedule. Nothing in this section precludes the health departments from charging a fee for those services. The commissioner has authority to monitor compliance and may request corrective actions if necessary.
TN Code § 68-1-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 3 - Dental Hygiene|§ 68-1-305. Comprehensive State Oral Health Plan

  The commissioner of health is authorized to develop a comprehensive state oral health plan. The plan may be used to direct skilled personnel and funding decisions in order to reduce the prevalence of oral disease. The plan may enable the state to compete more effectively for funding resources and opportunities.   The commissioner may develop the plan in consultation with public and private agencies, partners, and stakeholders, including the state oral health coalition and members of the public health, dental, and medical communities.   The plan may:  Include state-specific data;   Be maintained in a current and relevant form with updates every five (5) years;   Be distributed broadly to public partners and policymakers; and   Provide specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-framed (S.M.A.R.T.) objectives.     The plan may also include:  A logic model;   A strong infrastructure;   Accessibility to current resources;   Identified knowledge gaps in resources and recommendations for eliminating those gaps;   Healthy People 2020 oral health objectives;   Identified priority populations and the burdens of oral disease;   Identified partners with the ability to leverage resources;   A communication plan for addressing new or emerging oral health knowledge specifically for:  Dental caries;   Water fluoridation; and   School-based or school-linked dental sealant programs;     Programs to address oral cancer and periodontal diseases;   Efforts to address infection control in dental settings;   Evaluation activities at the initiation of the planning process that involve recommendations for types of evaluation and plans for monitoring outcomes related to plan implementation;   Identified best practices for replication of program implementation; and   A proposal that identifies the process for updating the plan as required by this section.
TN Code § 68-1-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 4 - Vaccines|§ 68-1-401. Production and Distribution by Department — Charge — Regulations

  It is the duty of the department of health to manufacture and distribute throughout the state of Tennessee such vaccines and other biological products as the division of laboratories is equipped to produce.   The commissioner of health, with the approval of the governor, shall adopt rules and regulations governing the manufacture and distribution of vaccines and biological products.   Subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by subsection (b), health officers and health departments of this state and the heads of state institutions may from time to time make requisitions for vaccines and other products, which requisitions shall, if deemed reasonable and necessary, be honored in the order in which the requisitions are presented to the commissioner.   A reasonable charge may be made to cover the cost of manufacture, distribution and essential overhead expenses, funds as received to be deposited with the state treasurer and disbursed in the same manner as are any state appropriations for the department.   All receipts from the sale of the products provided for in this section shall continue as a manufacturing account of the department for the continuance of the service by the division of laboratories and shall not revert to the general fund.
TN Code § 68-1-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 4 - Vaccines|§ 68-1-402. Hepatitis Vaccinations

  When hepatitis A outbreaks in communities are of such a nature and proportion that the centers for disease control or the commissioner of health deems it appropriate to do targeted or widespread vaccination for hepatitis A, then vaccine shall be made available to that community through state funds, if no federal vaccine program covers the cost of any or all of the vaccine necessary to carry out the vaccination program.   For the purpose of funding the cost of the vaccine required by this section during outbreaks, it is the legislative intent to provide a sum-sufficient appropriation in each fiscal year's annual appropriation bill, which will be subject to approval of the commissioner of finance and administration.
TN Code § 68-1-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 5 - Control and Prevention of Diabetes|§ 68-1-501. Identification of Goals and Benchmarks and Development of Agency Plans

 The bureau of TennCare, the department of health, and the department of finance and administration shall collaborate to identify goals and benchmarks while also developing individual agency plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes in this state, improve diabetes care, and control complications associated with diabetes.
TN Code § 68-1-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 5 - Control and Prevention of Diabetes|§ 68-1-502. Reports

 The bureau of TennCare and the department of health shall jointly submit a report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate by February 1 of each odd-numbered year on the following:   The financial impact and reach diabetes of all types is having on the agency, the state, and localities. Items included in this assessment shall include the number of lives with diabetes impacted or covered by the entity, the number of lives with diabetes and family members impacted by prevention and diabetes control programs implemented by the entity, the financial toll or impact diabetes and its complications places on the program, and the financial toll or impact diabetes and its complications places on the program in comparison to other chronic diseases and conditions;   An assessment of the benefits of implemented programs and activities aimed at controlling diabetes and preventing the disease. This assessment shall also document the amount and source for any funding directed to such agency from the general assembly for programs and activities aimed at reaching those with diabetes;   A description of the level of coordination existing between the agencies on activities, programmatic activities, and messaging on managing, treating, or preventing all forms of diabetes and its complications; and   The development or revision of detailed action plans for battling diabetes with a range of actionable items for consideration by the general assembly. The plans shall identify proposed action steps to reduce the impact of diabetes, prediabetes, and related diabetes complications. The plan shall also identify expected outcomes of the action steps proposed in the following biennium while also establishing benchmarks for controlling and preventing relevant forms of diabetes. The role of the department of health in developing these plans shall be limited to primary prevention.
TN Code § 68-1-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 5 - Control and Prevention of Diabetes|§ 68-1-503. Applicability of Requirements of Part

 The requirements of this part shall be limited to the diabetes information, data, initiatives, and programs within each agency prior to July 1, 2015, unless there is unobligated funding for diabetes in each agency that may be used for new research, data collection, reporting, or other requirements of this part.
TN Code § 68-1-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 6 - Stroke Best Practices and Treatment Guidelines Task Force [Effective Until June 30, 2021.]|§ 68-1-601. Establishment of Task Force — Membership. [Effective Until June 30, 2021.]

  There is hereby established under the department of health a stroke best practices and treatment guidelines task force.   The membership of the task force shall be appointed by the commissioner of health on or before July 1, 2016. The membership shall include, but not be limited to:  A designated member from each comprehensive stroke center in the state;   A designated member from a primary stroke center;   A designated member from an acute stroke ready hospital; provided, that the designated hospital may be appointed as soon as an appropriate hospital has been certified;   Three (3) emergency medical service (EMS) representatives:  An emergency medical services provider actively working within a county EMS system from an urban area;   An emergency medical services provider actively working within a county EMS system from a rural area; and   An emergency medical services operations representative from the Tennessee ambulance service association;     A representative of an emergency communications district board;   Appropriate staff from the department of health;   A healthcare provider representative, who may be appointed from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested medical organizations including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Medical Association. The commissioner shall consult with the interested medical organizations to determine a qualified person to serve on the task force; and   A representative of a nationally recognized stroke association with a stroke data collection platform system.
TN Code § 68-1-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 6 - Stroke Best Practices and Treatment Guidelines Task Force [Effective Until June 30, 2021.]|§ 68-1-602. Volunteer Members. [Effective Until June 30, 2021.]

 Members of the stroke best practices and treatment guidelines task force shall be volunteers. The members shall meet without compensation. The members shall not be eligible for compensation for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulation promulgated by the commissioner of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 68-1-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 6 - Stroke Best Practices and Treatment Guidelines Task Force [Effective Until June 30, 2021.]|§ 68-1-603. Meetings — Audio Access. [Effective Until June 30, 2021.]

 Meetings of the stroke best practices and treatment guidelines task force shall provide audio access for participants on the task force and shall be available by audio for monitoring by the public.
TN Code § 68-1-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 6 - Stroke Best Practices and Treatment Guidelines Task Force [Effective Until June 30, 2021.]|§ 68-1-604. Progress Report and Preliminary Recommendations — Requirements — Expiration of Task Force. [Effective Until June 30, 2021.]

  With assistance from the department of health and college of public health of East Tennessee State University, the stroke best practices and treatment guidelines task force shall provide a progress report and preliminary recommendations to the chair of the health and welfare committee of the senate and the chair of the health committee of the house of representatives by January 1, 2017.   The task force shall report to the chair of the health and welfare committee of the senate and the chair of the health committee of the house of representatives by July 1 of each year with recommendations regarding:  The establishment of a mandatory statewide data collection registry specific to stroke patients;   The potential need for state funding in order to offset the costs of the data collection for some or all hospitals and other healthcare providers;   The need for state-sanctioned designations for hospitals denoting their readiness to treat stroke patients on an emergency basis; and   The need and advisability of destination guidelines or standards for emergency medical services personnel.     The task force shall cease to exist on June 30, 2021.
TN Code § 68-1-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 7 - Primary Health Care Centers|§ 68-1-701. Establishment of Centers

  The department of health is authorized to establish one (1) or more primary health care centers in Tennessee.   It is the intent of the general assembly that the establishment of these centers will demonstrate new and more effective ways of providing health care in communities of the state, and will assist in achieving a better distribution of health care personnel into areas of Tennessee where a shortage of such personnel currently exists, and that these centers will provide primary health care services to patients and will enhance the delivery of health care in communities.
TN Code § 68-1-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 7 - Primary Health Care Centers|§ 68-1-702. Participation of Public and Private Agencies and Individuals — Rules and Regulations

  The commissioner of health is authorized to contract with and otherwise seek participation from appropriate public and private agencies and institutions and individuals, as the commissioner may deem necessary, to accomplish the purposes of this part. Particular attention will be given to educational functions to improve health care manpower distribution.   The commissioner is authorized to adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations under which primary care centers shall be operated, and to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part.
TN Code § 68-1-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 7 - Primary Health Care Centers|§ 68-1-703. Approval by State and Local Agencies Required

 In order to ensure cooperation and acceptance of the purposes of this part by the community to be served, the sponsor of any new primary health care center shall, prior to the establishment of a new primary health care center in a community, obtain the approval of the appropriate health systems agency and the primary care advisory board, including those centers that utilize, or plan to utilize, federal funds, either as grants, or as fees receivable as reimbursements for services delivered for medicare or medicaid patients.
TN Code § 68-1-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 8 - Perinatal and Neonatal Care|§ 68-1-801. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designated representative;   “Committee” means the perinatal advisory committee;   “Department” means the department of health; and   “Perinatal” means the period from time of conception through the first year of life of the infant and sixty (60) days post partum for the mother.
TN Code § 68-1-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 8 - Perinatal and Neonatal Care|§ 68-1-802. Development of Plan for Perinatal Care

  The department is directed to develop a plan to establish a program for the diagnosis and treatment of certain life-threatening conditions present in the perinatal period.   The program shall assist pregnant women and their fetuses and newborn infants by developing a regionalized system of care, including highly specialized personnel, equipment, and techniques, that will decrease the existing high mortality rate, neonatal death rate, pre-term birth rate, and the lifelong disabilities that currently prevail in surviving newborn infants.   No programs shall be planned except those that are specifically funded by appropriations in the annual budget.
TN Code § 68-1-803 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 1 - Department of Health|Part 8 - Perinatal and Neonatal Care|§ 68-1-803. Appointment of Advisory Committee — Terms — Travel Expenses

  The commissioner shall appoint a perinatal advisory committee to consult with the department in the administration of this part.   The committee shall be composed of the director, or the director's designee, of each obstetrical and each newborn unit of each regional perinatal center within the state, as designated by the commissioner, in addition to at least one (1) representative from each of the following categories:  Medical schools;   Health and environment agencies;   Hospital administrators;   Medical specialists in obstetrical and newborn conditions;   Family physicians;   Obstetrical and neonatal intensive care nurses; and   The general public.     Total membership of the committee shall not exceed twenty-one (21).   Each member shall hold office for a term of four (4) years and until the member's successor is appointed and qualified.   Any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the person's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of the term.   The committee shall meet as frequently as the commissioner deems necessary, but not less than once each year.   The committee members shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.