(a)

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-10-106

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 68-10-101
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) No one but a state, municipal, district or county health officer or such officer’s duly authorized representative shall establish and terminate quarantine of persons infected with STDs.
(2) A decision to establish or terminate quarantine shall be based upon the judgment of the state, municipal, district or county health officer or such officer’s duly authorized representative, considering available medical and epidemiological information concerning the STD diagnosis, modes of transmission, available treatment, and the necessity of the protection of the public health.
(b) It is the duty of the commissioner to set up the clinical and laboratory criteria necessary for the guidance of health officers in the performance of their duties as outlined in this section.
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