Terms Used In Tennessee Code 37-5-521

• agency: means the person or entity that provides child care, regardless of whether such person or entity is licensed. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
• Child: means :
  (i) A person under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
• Child care: means the provision of supervision, protection and the basic needs of a child for twenty-four (24) hours a day including the provision of such temporary services to a child awaiting placement in permanent care. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
• child care agency: includes "child abuse agency" "child caring institution" "child placing agency" "detention center" "family boarding home or foster home" "group care home" "maternity home" or "temporary holding resource" as defined in subsection (b). See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).