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TN Code § 68-11-1810 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 18 - Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act|§ 68-11-1810. Liability

  A health care provider or institution acting in good faith and in accordance with generally accepted health care standards applicable to the health care provider or institution is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for:  Complying with a health care decision of a person apparently having authority to make a health care decision for a patient, including a decision to withhold or withdraw health care;   Declining to comply with a health care decision of a person based on a belief that the person then lacked authority; or   Complying with an advance directive and assuming that the directive was valid when made and that it had not been revoked or terminated.     An individual acting as agent or surrogate under this part is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for health care decisions made in good faith.   A person identifying a surrogate under this part is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for such identification made in good faith.
TN Code § 68-11-1811 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 18 - Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act|§ 68-11-1811. Violations — Intentional Misconduct — Penalties

  A health care provider or institution that intentionally violates this part is subject to liability to the aggrieved individual for damages of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or actual damages resulting from the violation, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney's fees and costs.   A person who intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates an individual's advance directive or a revocation of an advance directive without the individual's consent, or who coerces or fraudulently induces an individual to give, revoke, or not to give an advance directive, is subject to liability to that individual for damages of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or actual damages resulting from the action, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
TN Code § 68-11-1812 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 18 - Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act|§ 68-11-1812. Presumption of Capacity

  This part does not affect the right of an individual to make health care decisions while having capacity to do so.   An individual is presumed to have capacity to make a health care decision, to give or revoke an advance directive, and to designate or disqualify a surrogate.
TN Code § 68-11-1813 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 18 - Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act|§ 68-11-1813. Copies Have Same Effect as Originals

 A copy of a written advance directive, revocation of an advance directive, or designation or disqualification of a surrogate has the same effect as the original.
TN Code § 68-11-1814 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 18 - Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act|§ 68-11-1814. No Presumptions Created — Death Does Not Constitute Suicide, Euthanasia, Homicide, Mercy Killing, or Assisted Suicide

  This part does not create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not made or who has revoked an advance directive.   Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of health care in accordance with this part does not for any purpose constitute a suicide or homicide or legally impair or invalidate a policy of insurance or an annuity providing a death benefit, notwithstanding any term of the policy or annuity to the contrary.   The withholding or withdrawal of medical care from a patient in accordance with this part shall not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide, euthanasia, homicide, mercy killing, or assisted suicide.   This part does not authorize a surrogate to give consent for, or take any action on behalf of, a patient on any matter governed by title 33.
TN Code § 68-11-1815 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 18 - Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act|§ 68-11-1815. Court Jurisdiction

 On petition of a patient, the patient's agent, guardian, or surrogate, a health care provider or institution involved with the patient's care, or an individual described in § 68-11-1806(c)(5), a court of competent jurisdiction may enjoin or direct a health care decision or order other equitable relief. A proceeding under this section shall be expedited on the court's civil dockets.
TN Code § 68-11-1901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 19 - Immunity for Healthcare Research Institutions|§ 68-11-1901. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Countermeasure” means a vaccine or the component parts used in the design, development, clinical testing or investigation or manufacture of a vaccine, including seed stocks, cell lines and plasmids, used to diagnose, mitigate, prevent, treat, cure or otherwise limit the harm of an infectious disease that is:  Approved or cleared under Chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, compiled in 21 U.S.C. § 351 et seq., or licensed under § 351 of the federal Public Health Service Act, codified in 42 U.S.C. § 262;   The object of research for possible use as described in subdivision (1)(A) and is the subject of an exemption under § 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, codified in 21 U.S.C. § 355(i); or   Authorized for emergency use in accordance with § 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified in 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3;     “Healthcare research institution” means any non-governmental, nonprofit research institution with its principal place of business in this state, that is, or that is affiliated with, a hospital or clinic for the treatment of pediatric patients, that does not seek payment for treatment provided to patients in the absence of insurance coverage for the treatment. “Healthcare research institution” includes any or all of the parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns of the institution, and any or all individual trustees, officers, directors, employees, and agents of the institution; and   “Willful misconduct” means an act or omission that is taken:  Intentionally to achieve a wrongful purpose;   Knowingly without legal or factual justification; and   In disregard of a known or obvious risk that is so great as to make it highly probable that the harm will outweigh the benefit.
TN Code § 68-11-1902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 19 - Immunity for Healthcare Research Institutions|§ 68-11-1902. Immunity

  A healthcare research institution shall be immune from suit and any liability under state law with respect to all claims for loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the administration to, or use by, an individual, including claims from loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the design, development, clinical testing or investigation or manufacture of any countermeasure, unless the loss can be determined to have resulted from the willful misconduct of the healthcare research institution or its employees in accordance with subsection (b).   In any action arising under subsection (a), the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, willful misconduct by each healthcare research institution, or employee, against which a claim has been asserted and that the willful misconduct caused death or serious physical injury.
TN Code § 68-11-2001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 20 - Indwelling Catheters|§ 68-11-2001. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Drug abuse” means a condition characterized by the continuous or episodic use of a drug or drugs that results in social impairment, vocational impairment, psychological dependence, or pathological patterns of use;   “Health care institution” means any publicly or privately owned or operated institution, facility, center, or place licensed by the department of health that provides health services for patients that engage in drug abuse;   “Health care provider” means a person licensed under title 63 or this title to provide health care or related services; and   “Indwelling catheter” means a proprietary indwelling device that is inserted under a patient's skin to provide long-term IV access for administering blood products, prescribed medication, high-dose chemotherapy, or other treatments.
TN Code § 68-11-2002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 20 - Indwelling Catheters|§ 68-11-2002. Liability for Misuse of Indwelling Catheters

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a health care institution or health care provider shall be immune from suit and any liability under state law with respect to all claims for loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from misuse of an indwelling catheter that the health care provider placed in a patient if:  The misuse occurs after placement of the indwelling catheter, after the patient is discharged from the health care institution, or after both; and   The health care institution provides written notice of such immunity to the patient at the time of or subsequent to the placement of the indwelling catheter, but in all cases prior to the patient's discharge from the health care institution.     For purposes of this section, misuse of an indwelling catheter means that an individual, other than an employee of the health care institution or health care provider:  Introduces any drug as defined in title 39, chapter 17, part 4 into the indwelling catheter;   Introduces any medication not prescribed by the health care provider into the indwelling catheter; or   Introduces any other substance harmful to the patient into the indwelling catheter.
TN Code § 68-11-2101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 21 - Stroke Treatment|§ 68-11-2101. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Board” means the board for licensing health care facilities;   “Capable of providing neuroendovascular treatment” means the capacity to:  Properly assess, diagnose using advanced imaging devices, and treat stroke patients with complex cases of ischemic stroke, including emergent large vessel occlusion causing the loss of blood supply to a part of the brain and requiring immediate treatment at a facility with a trained team of neurointerventional surgeons, vascular neurologists, and assisting medical personnel; and   Perform a mechanical thrombectomy twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week;     “Department” means the department of health;   “Stroke-related designation” means a designation including, but not limited to, a comprehensive stroke center, primary stroke center, acute stroke-ready hospital, or other stroke-related designation approved by rule by the board in consultation with the emergency medical services board.
TN Code § 68-11-2102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 21 - Stroke Treatment|§ 68-11-2102. Recognition of Hospitals With Stroke-Related Designations

  The board shall promulgate rules establishing a procedure for recognizing hospitals that have stroke-related designations.   The board shall recognize a stroke-related designation for a hospital if the hospital has an active certification as a comprehensive stroke center, primary stroke center, or acute stroke-ready hospital from a department-approved nationally recognized certifying body or a corresponding certification from a department-approved nationally recognized certifying body recognizing the hospital as capable of providing neuroendovascular treatment. The hospital must maintain such certification in order to maintain recognition of its stroke-related designation.   If a hospital does not comply with the procedure established by the board, then the board shall remove any reference to the facility's stroke-related designation from the board's website along with any materials demonstrating the facility's stroke-related designation.
TN Code § 68-11-250 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 21 - Stroke Treatment|§ 68-11-250. Health Care Equipment — Lessors

 68-11-811. Minimum and maximum amounts of penalties — Second penalties.   68-11-826. Recovery or collection of civil monetary penalties.
TN Code § 68-11-811 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources|Part 21 - Stroke Treatment|§ 68-11-811. Minimum and Maximum Amounts of Penalties — Second Penalties

 68-11-826. Recovery or collection of civil monetary penalties.
TN Code § 68-14-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-301. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act.”
TN Code § 68-14-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-304. Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools Fund — Unexpended Balance

 All moneys coming into the state treasury under this part from fees, fines, and penalties shall be appropriated to the department of health for the payment of necessary expenses incident to the administration of this part, as determined by the commissioner. Any unexpended balance of such fund in any fiscal year shall be retained by the department to be used to provide and/or expand training for food service operators and the department's environmentalists.
TN Code § 68-14-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-305. Permits — Expiration — Transfer of Permit Not Allowed — Posting

  No person shall operate a hotel who does not hold a valid permit issued to the person by the commissioner on or before July 1 of each year.   No person shall operate a public swimming pool who does not hold a valid permit issued to the person by the commissioner on or before April 1 of each year.   Every person now engaged in the business of operating a hotel or public swimming pool, and every person who, upon July 1, 2015, shall engage in such a business, shall procure a permit from the commissioner for each hotel or public swimming pool so operated or proposed to be operated.   Each permit for hotels shall expire on June 30 next following its issuance.   Each permit for public swimming pools shall expire on March 31 next following its issuance.   No permit shall be transferred from one (1) location or person to another.   Permits shall be posted in a conspicuous manner.
TN Code § 68-14-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-306. Application for Permit — Inspection — Renewal

   Any person planning to operate a hotel or public swimming pool shall first make written application for a permit on forms provided by the commissioner. The application shall be completed and returned to the commissioner with the proper permit fee.   Prior to the approval of the application for a permit, the commissioner shall inspect the proposed facility to determine if the person applying for the permit is in compliance with the requirements of this part, and with applicable rules and regulations. The commissioner shall issue a permit to the applicant if the inspection reveals that the facility is in compliance with such requirements.     Applications for renewal of permits for existing hotels will be issued to operators prior to July 1 of each year. Applications for renewal of permits for existing public swimming pools shall be issued to operators prior to April 1 of each year. When completed applications and the proper permit fees are returned to the commissioner, the commissioner shall issue new permits to applicants.
TN Code § 68-14-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-307. Suspension of Permits

  The commissioner has the authority to suspend any permit to operate a hotel or public swimming pool issued pursuant to this part, if the commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that the permittee is not in compliance with this part; provided, that the permittee shall be given the opportunity to correct violations as provided in § 68-14-317.   There shall be two (2) types of suspensions as follows:  A Class 1 suspension with an opportunity for a hearing prior to the effective date of the suspension; and   A Class 2 suspension to be effective immediately with an opportunity for a hearing after the effective date of the suspension.     Notice of either type of suspension may be given by the inspector on the inspector's regular inspection form or by written notification from the commissioner. When a permit suspension is effective, all operations shall cease. Such suspensions may only be made if an imminent health hazard exists.   A written request for a hearing on either type of suspension shall be filed by the permittee within ten (10) days of the receipt of notice. This ten-day period may run concurrently with the ten-day period set forth in § 68-14-317(b). If a hearing is requested, it shall commence within a reasonable time of the request. If no request for a hearing is made within ten (10) days of the receipt of notice, the suspension becomes final and is not subject to review.   The commissioner may end the suspension at any time if reasons for the suspension no longer exist.
TN Code § 68-14-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-308. Permit Revocation

  The commissioner may, after providing opportunity for hearing, revoke a permit for serious or repeated violations of requirements of this part or for interference with the commissioner in the performance of the commissioner's duty.   Prior to revocation, the commissioner shall notify, in writing, the permittee of the specific reason or reasons for which the permit is to be revoked, and that the permit shall be revoked at the end of ten (10) days following service of such notice, unless a written request for a hearing is filed with the commissioner within the ten-day period. If no request for hearing is filed within the ten-day period, the revocation of the permit becomes final.
TN Code § 68-14-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-309. Service of Notice

 A notice provided for in this part is properly served when it is delivered to the permittee or person in charge, or when it is sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the permittee. A copy of the notice shall be filed in the records of the commissioner.
TN Code § 68-14-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-310. Hearings

  The hearings provided for in this part shall be conducted by the commissioner in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.   Appeals from any final decision after a hearing shall be pursued in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.   Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply in a county in which the health department is operating a program under § 68-14-303(7) that meets the minimum requirements of due process; provided, that appeals from final decisions made under such programs may be made to the commissioner, for the limited purpose of determining whether a material error of law was made at the county level. Such appeal to the commissioner shall not be de novo, but shall be limited to a review of the record of the hearing at the county level.
TN Code § 68-14-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-311. Application for Permit After Revocation

 Whenever revocation of a permit becomes final, upon demonstration that the conditions which led to the revocation have been cured, the holder of the revoked permit may make written application for a new permit.
TN Code § 68-14-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-312. Permit Fee for Hotels

  The permit fee to operate a hotel shall be in accordance with the following schedules:  No. of Rooms Amount of Fee   1-50       $170.00   51-150      $320.00   151-250      $500.00   251 and over    $650.00    If the permit fee is delinquent for more than thirty (30) calendar days, a penalty fee of one-half (½) the permit fee shall be added to the permit fee. If a check is returned for any reason, a penalty of one-half (½) the permit fee shall be added to the permit fee. Each permit fee plus any penalty must be paid before the permit is issued.   The permit fee, plus any penalty shall be paid to the commissioner before the permit is issued. The permit shall be kept and displayed, in a conspicuous manner, properly framed, in the office or lobby of the hotel for which it is issued.
TN Code § 68-14-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools|Part 3 - Hotel and Public Swimming Pool Inspection Act|§ 68-14-313. Permit Fees for Swimming Pools — Display of Permit

   The permit fee to operate a public swimming pool shall be three hundred forty dollars ($340).   If the permit fee is delinquent for more than thirty (30) calendar days, a penalty of one-half (½) the permit fee shall be assessed in addition to the permit fee. If a check is returned for any reason, a penalty of one-half (½) the permit fee shall be assessed in addition to the permit fee. The permit fee, plus any penalty, shall be paid to the commissioner before the permit is issued.     The permit shall be kept and displayed in a conspicuous manner, properly framed, at the pool for which it was issued. The permit fee shall not be collected by the commissioner if the permit is not issued in the calendar year in which the swimming pool is operated.