(a) To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, a system must:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 58-2-805

  • Disaster: means any natural, technological, or civil emergency that causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to result in a declaration of a state emergency by a county, the governor, or the president of the United States. See Tennessee Code 58-2-101
  • Emergency: means an occurrence, or threat thereof, whether natural, technological, or manmade, in war or in peace, that results or may result in substantial injury or harm to the population, or substantial damage to or loss of property. See Tennessee Code 58-2-101
  • Entity: means a person other than an individual. See Tennessee Code 58-2-802
  • Health practitioner: means an individual licensed under any chapter of titles 62, 63 or 68, or their counterparts in another state, to provide health services. See Tennessee Code 58-2-802
  • Health services: means :
    (A) The provision of treatment, care, advice or guidance, other services, or supplies related to the health or death of individuals or human populations, to the extent necessary to respond to an emergency, including:
    (i) The following, concerning the physical or mental condition or functional status of an individual or affecting the structure or function of the body:
    (a) Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care. See Tennessee Code 58-2-802
  • Host entity: means an entity operating in this state that uses volunteer health practitioners to respond to an emergency. See Tennessee Code 58-2-802
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Tennessee Code 58-2-802
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Tennessee Code 58-2-802
  • TEMA: means the Tennessee emergency management agency. See Tennessee Code 58-2-802
(1) Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before or during an emergency;
(2) Include information about the licensure and good standing of health practitioners that is accessible by authorized persons;
(3) Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services are provided under this part; and
(4) Meet one (1) of the following conditions:

(A) Be an emergency system for advance registration of volunteer healthcare practitioners established by a state and funded through the health resources services administration under § 319I of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. § 247d-7b);
(B) Be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped emergency response, public health, and medical personnel formed pursuant to § 2801 of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. § 300hh);
(C) Be operated by a:

(i) Disaster relief organization;
(ii) Licensing board;
(iii) National or regional association of licensing boards of health practitioners;
(iv) Health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health-care services, including a tertiary care, acute care and/or teaching hospital; or
(v) Governmental entity; or
(D) Be designated by TEMA as a registration system for purposes of this part.
(b) While an emergency declaration is in effect, representatives of TEMA, a person authorized to act on behalf of TEMA, or a host entity may confirm whether volunteer health practitioners utilized in this state are registered with a registration system that complies with subsection (a). Confirmation is limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners from the system and determining whether the system indicates that the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
(c) Upon request of a person in this state authorized under subsection (b), or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration system located in this state shall notify the person of the identities of volunteer health practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
(d) A host entity is not required to use the services of a volunteer health practitioner, even if the practitioner is registered with a registration system that indicates that the practitioner is licensed and in good standing.
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