2021 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources

§ 68-11-258. Internet Posting of Facilities and Whether Facilities Have Sprinklers, Smoke Detectors, or Alarms - The board shall post on the official state of Tennessee...

§ 68-11-260. Electronic Transmission of Physician Orders - A licensed home care organization is authorized to receive and...

§ 68-11-265. Use of Information Obtained by the Department - Information obtained by the department from hospitals and other healthcare...

§ 68-11-266. Offering of Immunization for Influenza and Pneumococcal Diseases to Inpatients Sixty-Five (65) or Older - In accordance with the latest recommendations of the advisory committee...

§ 68-11-268. Charity Case Policy - Each healthcare facility licensed under this chapter shall develop a...

§ 68-11-274. Provision of Day Services for Residents as Part of Comprehensive Services - As an alternative to the licensing condition of off-site day...

Part 3 - Medical Records Act of 1974

§ 68-11-301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 68-11-302. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 68-11-304. Records Property of Hospitals — Access — Not Public Records — Funding for Medical Record Requests — Access During Time of Public Health Threat - AFFIDAVIT OF INDIGENCY I, , do solemnly swear or affirm...

§ 68-11-307. Continued Storage of Records - Any hospital may retain, preserve and store hospital records, either...

Part 4 - Hospital Records as Evidence

§ 68-11-401. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 68-11-403. Sealing, Identification and Direction of Copies - The copy of the records shall be separately enclosed in...

§ 68-11-407. Personal Attendance of Custodian — Production of Original Record - The procedure authorized pursuant to § 68-11-402 will not be...

Part 5 - Contributions and Public Aid to Hospitals

§ 68-11-502. Interlocal Agreements for Apportionment of Expense - Municipalities and counties are empowered severally and jointly to enter...

§ 68-11-504. Contributions to Public Welfare Hospitals by Counties or Incorporated Municipalities - Any county or incorporated municipality of this state is empowered...

§ 68-11-505. Contributions Declared a Public Purpose - The contribution of public property and moneys, or both, to...

§ 68-11-507. Prior Contributions Validated - All contributions pursuant to this part previously given to the...

Part 6 - Medical Arts Building Act of 1974

§ 68-11-601. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 68-11-602. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 68-11-604. Powers of County or Municipality - In addition to powers that it may otherwise have in...

§ 68-11-609. Bonds Secured by Lien on Rentals - All bonds issued under this part and the interest on...

§ 68-11-612. Bonds Exempt From Taxes - All bonds issued pursuant to this part and the income...

§ 68-11-614. Joint Undertakings - Two (2) or more counties or municipalities may exercise jointly...

Part 7 - Patient Transfers

§ 68-11-701. Legislative Intent - It is the intent of the general assembly that the...

§ 68-11-703. Notice and Correction of Violations - If the board for licensing health care facilities finds that...

§ 68-11-704. Suspension or Revocation of License - A violation of this part is deemed to constitute sufficient...

§ 68-11-705. Persons With Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability - In promulgating the regulations regarding transfers of hospital inpatients, as...

Part 8 - Deficient Nursing Homes

§ 68-11-828. Equitable Proceedings — Payments From Trust Fund - Whenever a nursing home is a party to a proceeding...

Part 9 - Rights of Nursing Home Residents and Patients, and Members of the Public Regarding Nursing Homes

§ 68-11-901. Enumeration of Minimum Rights - Every nursing home resident/patient has the following minimum rights:

§ 68-11-903. Retaliation or Discrimination Against Complainants - No nursing home or home for the aged may retaliate...

Part 10 - Registry of Persons Who Have Abused, Neglected, or Misappropriated the Property of Vulnerable Individuals

§ 68-11-1002. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:

§ 68-11-1006. Promulgation of Rules - The commissioner of health shall promulgate rules to effectuate the...

Part 11 - Indigent Health Care

§ 68-11-1101. Purpose - The purpose of this part is to ensure a more...

§ 68-11-1104. “Hospital” Defined - For the purposes of this part and § 68-11-310, “hospital”...

Part 12 - Public Costs Savings Act of 1990

§ 68-11-1201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 68-11-1202. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 68-11-1204. Applicability - This part shall not be applicable to purchases made through...

Part 13 - Hospital Cooperation Act of 1993

§ 68-11-1301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 68-11-1302. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 68-11-1308. Restrictions on Interpretation and Authority - Unless otherwise permitted by law, nothing in this part shall...

§ 68-11-1309. Limitation on Referrals - Nothing in this part shall be deemed to permit any...

Part 14 - Alzheimer's Disease Treatment

§ 68-11-1401. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 68-11-1402. Sale, Manufacture and Dispensing of Medication Excluded From “Care” or “treatment.” - For the purposes of this part, “care,” “treatment” and “therapeutic...

§ 68-11-1405. Specific Disclosures Required - The disclosure required by § 68-11-1404 shall explain the specialized...

Part 15 - Patient’s Privacy Protection Act

§ 68-11-1501. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 68-11-1502. Rights to Privacy - Every patient entering and receiving care at a health care...

§ 68-11-1504. Penalties — Civil Actions Available - The penalties and injunctions available under this chapter shall apply...

§ 68-11-1505. Subpoenas - Nothing in this part shall be construed as prohibiting the...

Part 16 - Tennessee Health Services and Planning Act of 2002

§ 68-11-1601. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 68-11-1602. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 68-11-1603. Policy - It is declared to be the public policy of this...

§ 68-11-1605. Powers and Duties of Agency - In addition to the powers granted elsewhere in this part,...

§ 68-11-1611. Review of Progress — Revocation of Certificate - The agency shall, at least annually, review progress on any...

§ 68-11-1613. Appropriation/expenditures Impact Statement - The division of TennCare or its successor, by the fifteenth...

§ 68-11-1615. Independent Review and Verification of Information for Joint Annual Report - The commissioners of health, mental health and substance abuse services,...

§ 68-11-1616. Written Documentation and Explanation for Grant or Denial of Certificate of Need - Each decision rendered by the health services and development agency...

§ 68-11-1618. Change of Ownership — Notice to Agency - Notice must be made to the agency of change of...

§ 68-11-1619. Revocation of Certificate of Need — Grounds - In addition to any other grounds for revocation provided by...

§ 68-11-1621. Certificates of Need — Criteria - County bed need = .0004 times population of the county...

§ 68-11-1624. Participation by Local Governing Body in Hearing for Certificate of Need Application - At a hearing conducted by the agency for a certificate...

§ 68-11-1626. Meeting for Organizational and Other Purposes — Administration of Certificate of Need Process - After appointment of the health services and development agency members...

§ 68-11-1630. Delegation of Authority to the Department to Issue New License to Successor Owner - With regard to a health care facility that has been...

Part 17 - Disabled Nursing Home Volunteers -

Part 18 - Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act

§ 68-11-1801. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 68-11-1809. Disclosure of Medical or Other Health Care Information - Unless otherwise specified in an advance directive, a person then...

§ 68-11-1813. Copies Have Same Effect as Originals - A copy of a written advance directive, revocation of an...

§ 68-11-1815. Court Jurisdiction - On petition of a patient, the patient's agent, guardian, or...

Part 19 - Immunity for Healthcare Research Institutions

§ 68-11-1901. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

Part 20 - Indwelling Catheters

§ 68-11-2001. Part Definitions - As used in this part:

Part 21 - Stroke Treatment

§ 68-11-2101. Part Definitions - As used in this part:

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2021 Tennessee Code Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources

2021 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources