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TN Code § 68-5-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 6 - Pregnancy Serological Tests|§ 68-5-604. Reports — Confidentiality

  The laboratory report of the serological test shall be made on a form provided by the department.   A detailed report of the standard serological test and showing the result of the test shall be transmitted by the laboratory to the health care provider. A copy of the laboratory specimen slip shall be concurrently submitted to the local health department having jurisdiction under the following conditions, when the local health department is not the originating health care provider:  A serologic test for syphilis with a result of reactive; however, a serologic test for syphilis with a result of negative need not be sent to the local health department, unless specifically requested; and   A serologic test for rubella with a result of negative; however, a serologic test for rubella with a result of positive need not be sent to the local health department, unless specifically requested.     The copy submitted to the local health department shall be held in absolute confidence and not open to public inspection; provided, that it shall be produced as evidence at a trial or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction, involving issues in which it may be material and relevant, on order of a judge of the court; and provided further, that it may be used in the compilation of aggregate figures and reports, without disclosing the identities of the persons involved.   The physician of any patient who is susceptible to rubella, as indicated by a negative result on a serological test, should counsel the patient about the test results, precautions to take, and recommend immunization after delivery.
TN Code § 68-5-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 6 - Pregnancy Serological Tests|§ 68-5-605. Use of Test Information

 The department is authorized to use the information derived from pregnancy serological tests for such follow-up procedures as are required by law or deemed necessary by the department for the protection of the public health.
TN Code § 68-5-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 6 - Pregnancy Serological Tests|§ 68-5-606. Rules and Regulations

 The department is authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to implement this part.
TN Code § 68-5-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 6 - Pregnancy Serological Tests|§ 68-5-607. Violations — Penalties — Enforcement

   Any person who misrepresents any of the facts called for by the serological examination, or who in any way alters the determination of a serological examination, commits a Class C misdemeanor.   It is the duty of the district attorney general to prosecute the suit when requested by the commissioner, the county health officer or local board of health.     Any physician or representative of a laboratory who willfully and knowingly misrepresents, falsifies, or issues false information under this part commits a Class C misdemeanor.   It is the duty of the district attorney general in whose jurisdiction an offense is committed to institute proceedings against violators of this part.   It is the duty of the commissioner to give all assistance necessary for the enforcement of this part to the district attorney general representing the county in which proceedings may be instituted.
TN Code § 68-5-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 7 - Tennessee Hiv Pregnancy Screening Act of 1997|§ 68-5-701. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee HIV Pregnancy Screening Act of 1997.”
TN Code § 68-5-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 7 - Tennessee Hiv Pregnancy Screening Act of 1997|§ 68-5-702. Purpose

 The purpose of this part is to require all providers of health care services who assume responsibility for the prenatal care of pregnant women during gestation, except in cases where women refuse testing, to test these women for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to provide referral into appropriate medical and social services for those women who test positive.
TN Code § 68-5-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 7 - Tennessee Hiv Pregnancy Screening Act of 1997|§ 68-5-703. Testing of Pregnant Women for Hiv — Confidentiality — Counseling

  A health care provider shall arrange for each pregnant woman under the provider's care to be tested for HIV as early as possible in the course of the pregnancy, and again during the third trimester, unless the woman has refused testing in writing and this refusal has been placed in the medical chart.   A pregnant woman who presents herself for delivery and who does not have a documented negative HIV test during the last trimester of the pregnancy, unless already known to be HIV positive, shall be tested for HIV using a rapid HIV test, unless she refuses in writing. If she refuses testing, and when the time and circumstances are medically appropriate, she should be counseled regarding the consequences of exposing her unborn child to HIV.   All HIV testing performed under this part shall be done in a confidential manner and the results of the testing may be disclosed only as provided by law.   After receiving a positive HIV test result, the medical provider, when the time and circumstances are medically appropriate, shall:  Explain the meaning and reliability of the test results and the availability of additional or confirmatory testing, if appropriate;   Counsel the woman to obtain appropriate medical treatment for herself and her baby and inform her of the increased risks to her baby if she fails to obtain appropriate treatment;   Make available information concerning the available medical interventions to prevent onset of illness in the mother and to prevent transmission of HIV to her children; and   Arrange for additional counseling in order to assist the woman in obtaining access to a comprehensive clinical care facility that can meet her needs.
TN Code § 68-5-705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 7 - Tennessee Hiv Pregnancy Screening Act of 1997|§ 68-5-705. Rulemaking

 The department may promulgate rules in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to implement this part.
TN Code § 68-5-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 8 - Tennessee Chronic Kidney Disease Screening Act of 2005|§ 68-5-801. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Chronic Kidney Disease Screening Act of 2005.”
TN Code § 68-5-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 8 - Tennessee Chronic Kidney Disease Screening Act of 2005|§ 68-5-802. Purpose

 The purpose of this part is to urge all providers of health care services that assume responsibility for patients with diabetes, hypertension or a family history of kidney disease to counsel these patients regarding chronic kidney disease, to test such patients for chronic kidney disease, and to ensure that consulting laboratories provide appropriate reports concerning chronic kidney disease.
TN Code § 68-5-803 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 8 - Tennessee Chronic Kidney Disease Screening Act of 2005|§ 68-5-803. Counseling and Testing of Patients by Providers — Laboratory Reports

  A provider of health care services that assumes responsibility for the care of patients with diabetes, hypertension, or a family history of kidney disease, is urged to counsel each such patient regarding chronic kidney disease, and is urged to test those patients for chronic kidney disease through routine clinical laboratory assessment of kidney function, unless the patient refuses such testing.   Laboratories shall report the glomerular filtration rate on any serum creatinine test ordered by a health care provider.
TN Code § 68-5-804 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 8 - Tennessee Chronic Kidney Disease Screening Act of 2005|§ 68-5-804. Rules and Regulations

 The commissioner of health is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 68-5-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 9 - Early Detection of Hearing Loss|§ 68-5-901. Legislative Findings

 The general assembly finds and declares the following:   That hearing loss occurs in newborns more frequently than any other health condition for which newborn screening is currently required;   That early detection of hearing loss, early intervention, and early follow-up have been demonstrated to be highly effective in encouraging development of a child's health and communication and cognitive skills; and   That early screening and intervention will serve the public purposes of promoting healthy development of children and reducing public expenditures for health care, special education and related services.
TN Code § 68-5-902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 9 - Early Detection of Hearing Loss|§ 68-5-902. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires, “hearing screening” or “hearing screening test” means a screening or test provided in accordance with current hearing screening standards established by a nationally recognized organization such as the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing Screening of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
TN Code § 68-5-903 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 9 - Early Detection of Hearing Loss|§ 68-5-903. Newborn Infant

 Every newborn infant shall be screened for hearing loss in order to prevent the consequences of unidentified hearing loss, unless the parent or parents of the child object on the grounds that the test would conflict with the parent or parents' religious tenets or practices.
TN Code § 68-5-904 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 9 - Early Detection of Hearing Loss|§ 68-5-904. Child Born in Hospital or Other Specified Facilities

  A child born in a hospital or other birthing facility shall be screened for hearing loss prior to discharge from that facility. The attending health care professional shall refer a child born in a setting other than a hospital or other birthing facility to the department of health or an appropriate hearing screening provider as listed in the latest edition of the directory of hearing screening providers in Tennessee for hearing screening. A child born on an emergency basis in a hospital that does not otherwise provide obstetrical or maternity services and that does not provide infant hearing screening tests prior to discharge of an infant from the hospital, shall refer a child born in that facility to the department of health or an appropriate hearing screening provider as listed in the latest edition of the directory of hearing screening providers in Tennessee for hearing screening. The hearing screening test shall be provided in accordance with current hearing screening standards established by a nationally recognized organization such as the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing Screening of the American Academy of Pediatrics. All screening providers or entities shall report their screening results to the department of health.   Any medical or audiologic provider performing follow-up tests shall report the results of the tests to the department of health.
TN Code § 68-5-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 9 - Early Detection of Hearing Loss|§ 68-5-905. Report and Referrals

 The results of all hearing screenings performed pursuant to this part shall be reported to the department of health. The department of health shall refer any child who does not pass the hearing screening test to the Tennessee early intervention system (TEIS) of the department of education for follow-up. Children who have been identified with hearing loss or high risk conditions that place them at high risk for hearing loss as identified by standards established by a nationally recognized organization such as the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing Screening of the American Academy of Pediatrics shall be referred to the TEIS.
TN Code § 68-5-906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases|Part 9 - Early Detection of Hearing Loss|§ 68-5-906. Rules and Regulations

 The department of health, in consultation with the department of education, shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to effectuate this part.
TN Code § 68-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tuberculosis Control Act of 1971.”
TN Code § 68-9-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-102. Division of Tuberculosis Control Created

 The department of health is authorized and empowered to create and maintain a division of tuberculosis control, which shall provide effective measures for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure of tuberculosis.
TN Code § 68-9-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-103. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Approved hospitals” means hospitals approved by the commissioner as having adequate facilities and staff for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis;   “Chest disease hospitals” means state-owned hospitals established, operated and maintained by the department for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure of tuberculosis;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health or the commissioner's duly authorized representative;   “Department” means the department of health;   “Division” means the division of tuberculosis control;   “Physician” means any doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy duly licensed to practice the doctor's profession in Tennessee or the state in which the doctor resides and lawfully practices the doctor's profession;   “Tuberculosis” means a disease caused by the human tubercle bacillus, whether infectious or noninfectious; and   “Tuberculosis suspect” means a person with clinical, epidemiologic, x-ray, or laboratory evidence suggestive of tuberculosis.
TN Code § 68-9-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-104. Rules and Regulations — Purposes

 The commissioner is authorized to adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to:   Enable the department to carry out this chapter for the control of tuberculosis;   Establish criteria for the admission of patients to approved hospitals, and for the proper hospital and out-patient care for these patients; and   Establish procedures for the reporting of tuberculosis and for isolating and quarantining those persons infected with tuberculosis who have been determined by the commissioner or by a state, district, county or municipal health officer to be contagious.
TN Code § 68-9-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-106. Data and Records

 The department shall maintain a tuberculosis register system and conduct epidemiologic studies of the conditions existing within the state, regarding the prevalence, prevention, treatment and cure of tuberculosis. It shall compile data from the register system and the studies and keep a record of the data, to the end that the disease may be more effectually combated.
TN Code § 68-9-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-107. Field Treatment Clinics

 The division has the power and is authorized to expend from the amount appropriated to it such amount as may be recommended by the commissioner and approved by the governor for the establishment and operation of field treatment clinics, which shall include, but not be limited to, the necessary medical personnel, nursing personnel, anti-tuberculosis medications, supplies and x-ray and other equipment necessary to the organization and conduct of such clinic, research, administration, and all other purposes incident thereto.
TN Code § 68-9-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-108. Acquisition and Divestiture of Property

 For the execution of the powers, duties and obligations vested in the department, the department has the right to acquire by purchase, gift, bequest, lease, devise or otherwise, all necessary or proper personalty, lands and tenements, or any interest in personalty, lands and tenements as the department may determine to acquire or accept, and the department has the right to sell, give, lease or otherwise dispose of the personalty, lands and tenements, or any interest in the personalty, land and tenements, as, to the best interests of the state and for the execution of the powers and duties vested, may to the department appear necessary or proper; provided, that all property acquired by the department shall be held by the department as trustees for the state of Tennessee, for only the purposes and uses necessary or proper to the execution of the powers and duties.
TN Code § 68-9-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-109. Contracts

  The department is empowered to enter into, execute and perform all contracts for services or property, or both, necessary or proper to the execution of the purposes of this chapter and, to this end, may enter into any contract with any county or municipality, or both, jointly, for the use, loan or purchase of any property, real or personal, belonging to the county or municipality, and suitable for the execution of the powers conferred in this chapter, and to make any arrangement for the care, treatment, observation and supervision of eligible patients, under this chapter that may appear proper to the commissioner.   Any contract authorized in this chapter shall comply with all requirements of the law in executing the contract and shall be subject to the budgetary process of the general assembly.
TN Code § 68-9-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-110. Hospital Administrative Personnel

 The commissioner shall employ a hospital administrator for each of the chest disease hospitals and other capable administrative personnel as are required for the efficient and effective administration of the hospital.
TN Code § 68-9-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-111. Classification of Expenditures — Hospitalization Available to All

  The expenditure of public funds for the control of tuberculosis and the isolation and treatment of persons ill with tuberculosis shall be considered as expenditures for the protection of the public health, and not as funds expended for welfare or relief.   Hospitalization shall be available for the diagnosis and treatment of any person having or suspected of having tuberculosis.
TN Code § 68-9-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-112. Bill Collection — Free Treatment

   The commissioner may make such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to collect all or any part of the established cost of treatment from a patient, or from the person or persons legally liable for the patient's support, who may have income or estate sufficient to make reimbursement without materially affecting their economic support or obligations, or responsibilities to dependents.   All funds collected pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) are to be treated as expendable receipts and are to be used for the operation of the hospitals.      Any resident of Tennessee having or suspected of having tuberculosis, who is considered as acceptable for treatment by the commissioner, may be treated without cost when the person to receive care or treatment, or the person or persons legally responsible for the resident's support, is unable to pay, in whole or in part, the established cost of care and treatment.   The department of human services may be requested to make field investigations.     The department is empowered to enter into and execute contracts with other states or agencies for the reimbursement of the established cost for the care and treatment of persons who are acceptable for treatment by the commissioner.
TN Code § 68-9-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-113. Fiscal Policies Authorized to Qualify for Federal and Other Aid

 The department, with the approval of the governor, has the power and is authorized to adopt such reasonable fiscal policies governing the use and allocation of funds appropriated under provisions of this chapter as may be necessary to enable the state to procure the maximum possible financial and other aid for tuberculosis control purposes from federal and other agencies.
TN Code § 68-9-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-114. Federal Aid

 The state of Tennessee accepts any and all legislation enacted by the congress of the United States, whether heretofore or hereafter enacted, providing financial aid to or cooperation with the several states in the eradication, prevention or treatment of tuberculosis.
TN Code § 68-9-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 9 - Tuberculosis|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-9-115. Attorney General and Reporter— Duties

 It is the duty of the attorney general and reporter, upon the request of the department, to advise the department at all times of its legal rights, duties, powers and obligations, in matters concerning this chapter, to appear in any proceedings in the courts or otherwise, concerning the department and to do all things proper to carry out the duties in this chapter imposed upon the attorney general and reporter.