2021 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 140 - Emergency Services

Part 1 - Emergency Medical Service Area Telecommunications

§ 68-140-101. Legislative Intent - It is the intention and purpose of the general assembly...

§ 68-140-102. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 68-140-103. Development of System - The department is authorized and directed to develop a compatible...

§ 68-140-105. Director - The commissioner is designated the director of the statewide telecommunications...

§ 68-140-106. Approval of New Systems - No emergency medical telecommunications system or subsystem shall be established...

§ 68-140-107. Federal Communications License - No person, firm, corporation, association, county, municipality, or metropolitan government...

Part 2 - Emergency Hospital Services

§ 68-140-201. Duty to Furnish Hospital Emergency Services - Every hospital, either public or private, that does business within...

§ 68-140-202. Purposes of Part - The purposes of this part are to require that medical...

§ 68-140-203. Violations — Penalties - Any hospital violating any of this part commits a Class...

Part 3 - Emergency Medical Services Act of 1983

§ 68-140-301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 68-140-302. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 68-140-304. Powers and Duties of Board - In addition to any other power, duty or responsibility given...

§ 68-140-305. Powers and Duties of Commissioner - In addition to any power, duty, or responsibility given the...

§ 68-140-310. Training for Epinephrine Injections - Subject to the availability of a volunteer physician, nurse or...

§ 68-140-313. Enforcement of Part - Whenever the commissioner has reason to believe that a violation...

§ 68-140-315. Criminal Offenses and Penalties - It is a Class C misdemeanor for any person to:

§ 68-140-319. Records Required to Be Kept by Licensees and Permittees - Each ambulance service and invalid vehicle operator, licensed or permitted...

§ 68-140-323. Training on Domestic Violence Issues - As a part of its training curriculum for emergency medical...

§ 68-140-324. Choice of Licenses for Emergency Medical Services Personnel - A licensee may upgrade or downgrade a license by submitting...

§ 68-140-332. Proof of License, Registration, or Certification by Electronic Means - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person who is...

Part 4 - Automated External Defibrillators

§ 68-140-401. Legislative Intent - It is the intent of the general assembly that an...

§ 68-140-402. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 68-140-403. Use of Aed Devices — Training — Maintenance — Registration Encouraged - In order to ensure public health and safety:

§ 68-140-404. Program for Use of Aeds - In order for an entity to use or allow the...

§ 68-140-405. Rules Relating to Aed's — Adoption — Scope and Contents - The department of health shall adopt rules specifying the following:

§ 68-140-406. Limitation on Liability of Entity Responsible for Program - The entity responsible for the AED program shall not be...

§ 68-140-407. Limitation on Liability of Trainers - An individual providing training to others in an approved program...

§ 68-140-408. Training and Demonstration of Competence in Cpr and Use of Aed - For purposes of §§ 68-140-402 and 68-140-404 — 68-140-409, expected...

§ 68-140-409. Applicability of §§ 68-140-402, 68-140-404 — 68-140-409 - Sections 68-140-402 and 68-140-404 — 68-140-409 shall only apply to...

Part 5 - Epinephrine Auto-Injectors

§ 68-140-501. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

Part 6 - Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact

§ 68-140-601. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 68-140-602. Compact. [Contingent Implementation Date. See Section 14.] - Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this compact is to...

§ 68-140-603. Compact Definitions - As used in this part:

§ 68-140-604. Precedence of Part - This part takes precedence over any law in conflict with...