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TN Code § 71-3-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 1 - Temporary Assistance|§ 71-3-125. Child Support Enforcement by District Attorneys General

  The district attorneys general have the authority, within budgetary limitations, to establish child support enforcement programs within their judicial districts.   Such authority includes:  The hiring of clerical and professional staffs;   The entering into contracts with other agencies; and   Such other authority as may be necessary to carry out the requirements of the child support enforcement programs under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.).     Any legal services furnished under the authority of this section shall be solely on behalf of the state, and shall not create an attorney-client relationship with any party other than the state.
TN Code § 71-3-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 3 - Custody and Care of Dependent Children|§ 71-3-301. County Legislative Body Binding Out as Apprentices

 The county legislative body may bind out as apprentices suitable orphan children, or the children of any person unable to provide for their support, until the age of eighteen (18) years.   Code 1858, § 1622 (deriv. Acts 1762, ch. 5, § 19; 1825, ch. 46, § 1); Shan., § 2706; mod. Code 1932, § 4822; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 162, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-1501, 14-9-101.
TN Code § 71-3-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 3 - Custody and Care of Dependent Children|§ 71-3-302. Illegitimate Children as Apprentices

 The county legislative body may bind out illegitimate children in the same way as orphans, upon its satisfactorily appearing that the mother of such illegitimate children disregards their moral and mental culture, and either keeps or lives in a house of ill fame, and upon its further appearing that the condition of such children would be thereby bettered, although the mother may provide ordinary food and clothing for the mother's children.   Code 1858, § 1625; Shan., § 2708; Code 1932, § 4918; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-1502, 14-9-102.   Law Reviews.   Child Support Enforcement Act of 1985 (Sarah Elizabeth Jones), 22 No. 1 Tenn. B.J. 19 (1986).
TN Code § 71-3-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 3 - Custody and Care of Dependent Children|§ 71-3-303. Reimbursement for County Support of Illegitimates

 For the purpose of indemnifying the county against charges for the maintenance of illegitimate children, the father, if the father can be ascertained, is liable to proceedings as provided in title 36, chapter 2.   Code 1858, § 1623; Shan., § 2707; Code 1932, § 4917; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-1503, 14-9-103.
TN Code § 71-3-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 3 - Custody and Care of Dependent Children|§ 71-3-304. Procedure for Taking Child From Institution

  When any child has been placed in any institution organized for the purpose of maintaining, supporting, and educating orphans or destitute children, with the consent of its parents, guardian, or custodian, no parent, guardian, or other person shall have the right to take the child from the institution against the consent of the institution or those in charge of the institution, except by habeas corpus proceedings, in which it shall appear that it is in the best interest of the child to take it from the institution.   This section shall apply to all institutions, whether corporations or mere voluntary societies or associations.   Any person taking or attempting to take any child from any institution, in violation of this section, commits a Class A misdemeanor, and shall be fined or imprisoned or both, in the discretion of the court.
TN Code § 71-3-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 71-3-504. Injunctions Against Unlicensed Operations

  The department may, in accordance with the laws of this state governing injunctions, maintain an action in the name of the state of Tennessee to enjoin any person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity from establishing, conducting, managing or operating any place or facility providing services to children without having a license as required by law, or from continuing to operate any such place or facility following suspension of a license or following the effective date of the denial or revocation of a license.   In charging any defendant in a complaint for such injunction, it shall be sufficient to charge that such defendant did, upon a certain day and in a certain county, establish, conduct, manage or operate a place, home or facility of any kind that is a child care agency, as defined in this part or to charge that the defendant is about to do so without having in effect a license as required by law, or that the defendant continues to operate any such place or facility following suspension of a license, or following the effective date of the denial or revocation of a license, without averring any further or more particular facts concerning the case.
TN Code § 71-3-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 71-3-505. Criminal Violations

  Any person or entity operating a child care agency, as defined in § 71-3-501, without being licensed by the department or who continues to operate such agency while a suspension of the license is in effect, or who operates a child care agency following the effective date of a denial or revocation of a license, commits a Class A misdemeanor.   Each day of operation without an effective license constitutes a separate offense.    It is unlawful for any person who is an operator, licensee or employee of a child care agency to make any statement, whether written or verbal, knowing such statement is false, including, but not limited to, statements regarding:  The number of children in the child care agency;   The area of the child care agency used for child care; or   The credentials, licensure or qualification of any care giver, employee, substitute or volunteer of the child care agency, when such statement is made to a parent or guardian of a child in the care of such agency, to any state or local official having jurisdiction over such agencies, or to any law enforcement officer.     In order for subdivision (c)(1) to apply, the falsity of the statement must place at risk the health or safety of a child in the care of the child care agency.   A violation of subdivision (c)(1) is a Class A misdemeanor.   This subsection (c) includes statements made in any child care agency license application that misrepresents or conceals a material fact that would have resulted in the license being denied.   In addition to any punishment authorized under this subsection (c), the department may also take any licensure action authorized under this part.
TN Code § 71-3-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 71-3-506. Public Agencies — Inspection and Report

 Any child care agency, as defined in this part, that is under the direct management or control of an administrative department of the state, a county, municipality, or development district, or any combination of these, shall be subject to licensure pursuant to this part; provided, however, that the requirements for audits set forth in former § 71-3-502(j)(6)(C) and (D) [repealed] shall be satisfied by audits that are conducted by the comptroller of the treasury or other public agency auditors.
TN Code § 71-3-511 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 71-3-511. Licensing Standards Committees

  The commissioner of human services shall appoint a standards committee composed of twelve (12) citizens, three (3) from each grand division of the state, and three (3) at-large for the purpose of developing or reviewing standards and regulations for each class of child care agency defined in this part. The classes of child care regulated by the department shall be represented by members of the standards committee.   For any new class of child care agency as defined in this part, the standards committee shall develop and recommend to the commissioner the standards and regulations for that new class of child care agency. The standards and regulations of each existing class of child care agency shall be reviewed by a standards committee beginning every four (4) years following the date of submission of its last recommendations or more frequently as the commissioner may direct.   The standards committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the commissioner in recommending any initial standards or regulations for any new class of child care agency or any changes to the existing standards or regulations of any class of child care agency.   The committee shall cease to exist upon submitting its recommendations to the commissioner, but may be reestablished by the commissioner at any time to further review its recommendations or to consider additional standards or regulations or to consider revisions to the standards or regulations.    In making appointments to the committee, the commissioner shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person serving on the committee is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person serving on the committee is a member of a racial minority.   Except as otherwise provided in this section, in making appointments to the standards committees, the departments shall strive to ensure that the membership of the standards committees includes a balance of representatives of the regulated industry and persons whose expertise would be of assistance to the departments. The departments shall appoint child advocates, social workers, attorneys, and other such persons with knowledge and expertise in the specified area, as well as citizen members to the committees.     The members of the committee shall not receive any compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their travel to and from the committee meetings and for their meals and lodging in accordance with the state travel procedures and regulations.
TN Code § 71-3-512 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 71-3-512. Five-Year-Olds Attending Day Care Institutions Lacking Kindergarten Status

  A family child care home, group child care home or child care center that lacks approved kindergarten status for purposes of § 49-6-201 shall not enroll or continue to enroll any child five (5) years of age during the period of the local education agency's regular school year, without first obtaining from the child's parents or legal guardians a signed acknowledgment of the fact that the child's attendance at the family child care home, group child care home or child care center does not satisfy the mandatory kindergarten prerequisite for the child's enrollment in the first grade.   Any such signed acknowledgment shall be retained by the family child care home, group child care home or child care center for a period of two (2) years. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section may subject the family child care home, group child care home, or child care center to probation, denial or revocation of the child care agency license, or to civil penalty, by the department.
TN Code § 71-3-513 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 71-3-513. Public Records — Exceptions

 The records of any entity entering into a contract or grant with the state for child care broker services relating to such grant or contract shall be public records open for public inspection in accordance with § 10-7-503. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a social security number or residential address of any person to be considered a public record.
TN Code § 71-3-515 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 71-3-515. Development of Procedure for Submitting Names and Other Identifying Information to Determine if Persons Have Perpetrated Abuse or Neglect of a Child or Adult — Due Process Rights

  The department of children's services and the department of human services shall develop a procedure whereby the names and other identifying information for all potential employees of the department of human services in that department's licensing division and adult protective services program and any persons who are subject to § 71-2-403 or § 71-3-507, and who, under those sections, may have contact with children in a childcare agency or with adults in an adult day care agency licensed by the department of human services, shall be submitted to the department of children's services and the department of human services adult protective services program to determine if the potential employees or other persons subject to those provisions were found by the department of children's services or the department of human services adult protective services program to have perpetrated abuse or neglect of a child or adult.   No person shall be reported as an indicated perpetrator of abuse or neglect for purposes of this part or chapter 2, part 4 of this title, by either the department of children's services or the department of human services adult protective services program unless it is determined that the due process rights of the person were either offered, but not accepted, or were fully concluded pursuant to the rules of the department of children's services or the department of human services and applicable state and federal law.
TN Code § 71-3-516 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 71-3-516. Restrictions on License for Drop-in Center Regarding Care of School-Age Children on Snow Days

 Any license for a drop-in center issued under this part shall specify whether the center is appropriate for handling school-age children on snow days. A drop-in center may not accept any school-age child for care unless the department determines that center is an appropriate and safe location for such children on snow days. The department shall determine whether the center has adequate space for school-age children and shall set a limit on the number of such children that a center may accept on any one day. No child thirteen (13) years of age or older may be cared for by a drop-in center on a snow day. The center shall also provide to the department a list of trained care givers and other staff who are available for emergency calling and shall annually update such list.
TN Code § 71-3-517 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 71-3-517. Development of a Written Multi-Hazard Plan to Protect Children in Emergencies

  All persons or entities operating a child care agency as defined in this part, excluding drop-in child care centers and those programs and facilities exempt from licensing as provided in § 71-3-503, shall, in consultation with appropriate local authorities and local emergency management, develop a written multi-hazard plan to protect children in the event of emergencies, including, but not limited to, fires, tornados, earthquakes, chemical spills, and floods. Such persons or entities shall also inform parents and guardians of children attending the child care agency of the plan.   The written plan required pursuant to this section shall include:  Procedures for child care agency staff to notify parents in an emergency;   The development of designated relocation sites and evacuation routes to those sites;   Reunification plans for children and families; and   Written individualized plans for accommodating a child's special needs in an emergency situation.     The child care agency shall maintain documentation that the emergency plan is reviewed monthly.   All child care agency staff persons shall be trained on the plan annually.   The child care agency shall implement these emergency procedures through timely practice drills to meet local regulations and local emergency services plans and shall maintain documentation of drills for one (1) year. Such drills shall involve the following:  At least one (1) fire drill shall be conducted monthly;   Child care agencies shall alternate drills each month to cover each shift while children are present, including extended care hours;   At least one (1) drill other than fire shall be conducted every six (6) months; and   All drills shall be conducted in such a way as to simulate, as closely as is practical, conditions of a real emergency, with alarms to be utilized and evacuation plans to be practiced.      Emergency telephone numbers for the following entities shall be posted next to all child care agency telephones and shall be readily available to all child care agency staff members:  Fire department;   Police department and sheriff's office;   Nearest hospital emergency room;   Department of children's services child abuse hotline;   Local emergency management agency;   Ambulance or rescue squad;   Poison control center; and   Department of human services child care complaint hotline.     If a generic emergency number, including, but not limited to, 911 service, is operable in the community, it shall also be posted in the manner prescribed in this subsection (f).     All contact information for parents, guardians, and emergency personnel shall be readily available to all child care agency staff, including work, home and cell phone numbers.
TN Code § 71-3-518 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 5 - Child Care Agencies|§ 71-3-518. Priority on Wait List of Children With Parent or Guardian Serving on Active Duty in Armed Forces

  Unless otherwise prohibited by federal or state law, no child care agency licensed under this part shall place a dependent child on a wait list behind a child without a parent or legal guardian serving on active duty in the armed services of the United States, if the dependent child:  Has a parent or legal guardian that is an active-duty member of the armed services of the United States; or   Has a parent who was killed, died as a direct result of injuries received or has been officially reported as being either a prisoner of war or missing in action while serving honorably as a member of the United States armed forces during a qualifying period of armed conflict or was formerly a prisoner of war or missing in action under such circumstances.     To be eligible under subdivision (a)(2), the dependent child or the legal guardian of the dependent child shall:  Present official certification from the United States government that the parent veteran was killed or died as a direct result of injuries received while serving honorably as a member of the United States armed forces during a qualifying period of armed conflict; or   Present official certification from the United States government that the parent veteran has been officially reported as being a prisoner of war or missing in action while serving honorably as a member of the United States armed forces during a qualifying period of armed conflict or was formerly a prisoner of war or missing in action under such circumstances as appropriate within one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to applying for child care services.     As used in this section, “dependent child”, “qualifying period of armed conflict”, and “serving honorably” have the same meanings as in § 49-7-102.
TN Code § 71-3-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-601. Governing Board

 All orphan asylums or houses for destitute children, incorporated under the laws of the state, shall be governed by boards of managers, trustees, or directors, which shall consist of twelve (12) or more persons, five (5) or more of whom shall constitute a quorum.
TN Code § 71-3-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-602. Powers Over Property

 The corporations enumerated in § 71-3-601 may own and hold real and personal property necessary for building, cultivation, and to rent out to raise means to assist in the support of such corporations.
TN Code § 71-3-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-603. Admission of Children

 All such asylums or houses at the option of its board may receive or take charge of any destitute orphan or indigent child of either sex, or children of indigent parents, under eighteen (18) years of age, from any part of the state.
TN Code § 71-3-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-604. Control of Indigent Children

 The children referred to in § 71-3-603 shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the board until they become eighteen (18) years of age. The board may, in its discretion, require the parents of such indigent children to surrender all right and claim to the control of them, and to consent for the asylum to provide homes for them, by adoption by proper and suitable parties, for the purpose of caring for and educating them, teaching them trades and household duties generally.
TN Code § 71-3-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-605. [reserved.]

 No child shall be received into the asylum, or detained in the asylum, except that the welfare of the child may be thereby promoted, nor shall any child be indentured or given in adoption, except that the best interest of the child shall be thereby secured.
TN Code § 71-3-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-607. Control of Orphans and Foundlings

 In all cases in which orphans or foundling children are placed in any of the orphan homes, whether voluntarily by their parent or parents or guardian or by the order of some competent court or other authority, or whether they come into the care and custody of any such institution as foundlings, the managing board shall have the right to retain the custody of such children until the children are eighteen (18) years of age; provided, that § 71-3-609 applies; and provided further, that such institutions may, within such homes or asylums, provide for such children, or may so provide for them in homes of suitable families outside of such institutions.
TN Code § 71-3-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 71 - Welfare|Chapter 3 - Programs and Services for Children|Part 6 - Orphan Asylums|§ 71-3-608. Penalty for Interference With Children

 It is a Class B misdemeanor for any person to interfere in any way with any of such children in the control and custody of such homes while they are there or at the homes provided for them by such institutions.