2021 Tennessee Code
Title 37 - Juveniles
Chapter 2 - Placement of Juveniles

Part 2 - County Department of Children's Services Act of 1979

§ 37-2-201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 37-2-202. Authority to Establish Department - The various counties are hereby authorized to establish and operate...

§ 37-2-203. Appointment of Director and Other Personnel - The county mayor may, with the approval of the county...

§ 37-2-204. Authority to Establish and Operate Homes - Counties and municipalities within this state are authorized and empowered...

§ 37-2-206. Modification of Court Order - The director of a county department of children's services, or...

§ 37-2-207. Use of Facilities of Another County - Any county legislative body within the provisions of this part...

§ 37-2-208. Authority to Appropriate Funds - The county legislative body is hereby authorized to appropriate funds...

Part 3 - Subsidized Receiving Homes

§ 37-2-301. Authority to Provide - Counties, through their county legislative bodies, are authorized and empowered...

§ 37-2-302. Appropriations and Tax Levy for Subsidizing Homes - County legislative bodies are authorized and empowered to appropriate from...

§ 37-2-303. State's Contribution to Cost of Subsidizing Homes - The state of Tennessee, through the department of human services,...

§ 37-2-304. Rules and Regulations of Department of Human Services - The department of human services is empowered and directed to...

§ 37-2-305. Inspection and License by Department of Human Services Required - No home in any county shall be approved as a...

§ 37-2-306. Licensed Home Requirements — Approval by Health and Fire Prevention Departments - No such license shall be issued unless the premises are...

§ 37-2-307. Contents of License — Limitation on Number of Children - The license shall state the name of the licensee, the...

§ 37-2-308. Record of License Kept by Department of Human Services and County Mayor - A record of the license so issued shall be kept...

§ 37-2-309. License Must Be Maintained on Premises - Such license shall be kept and maintained upon the premises...

§ 37-2-310. Revocation of License - Any license issued under this part may be revoked by...

§ 37-2-311. License Necessary to Receive Child or Subsidy Therefor - No person shall receive a child for care in any...

§ 37-2-312. Contract With Licensed Receiving Homes — Terms - The county mayor and the department of human services, through...

§ 37-2-313. Quarterly Reports Made by County to Department of Human Services - Each county maintaining a subsidized receiving home shall submit to...

§ 37-2-314. Commitment of Children to Homes - Any dependent, neglected or abandoned child or any child without...

§ 37-2-315. Period of Commitment - The period of commitment to the home shall be for...

§ 37-2-316. Case Record Kept on Each Child - The county office of the department of human services shall...

§ 37-2-317. Investigation by Department of Human Services - The department of human services, by its agents, has the...

§ 37-2-318. Exceeding Number of Children Authorized Prohibited — Keeping Children in Place Not Designated in License Prohibited - No greater number of children shall be kept at any...

§ 37-2-319. Violation of Part — False Statements or Reports — Penalty - Any person who violates this part or the regulations promulgated...

Part 4 - Foster Care

§ 37-2-402. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 37-2-405. Adoption of Guidelines - The department of children's services may, by regulation, adopt and...

§ 37-2-407. Department of Children's Services — Duties - The department of children's services shall prepare suggestions for review...

§ 37-2-410. Rehearing — Modification of Order - Any interested person, at any time while the child is...

Part 5 - Tennessee Runaway Act

§ 37-2-501. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 37-2-502. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 37-2-503. Registration Requirement for Runaway Houses - All houses, institutions or other organizations giving sanctuary to runaway...

§ 37-2-504. Minimum Standards for Runaway Houses — Establishment - The department shall establish minimum standards for runaway houses and...

§ 37-2-505. Minimum Standards — Contents - The standards established by the department shall include, but not...

§ 37-2-507. Violations — Penalties - The owner, operator or agent of any house or facility...

Part 6 - Extension of Foster Care

§ 37-2-604. Preparing Foster Children for Independent Living - In preparing a foster child for independent living prior to...

§ 37-2-605. Construction of Part - Nothing in this part shall be construed to require a...