(a) Every physician or other person who makes a diagnosis of, treats, or prescribes for a case of STD and every superintendent or manager of a clinic, hospital, laboratory or penal institution, in which there is a case of STD, shall report the case immediately to those persons or agencies designated as recipients of such reports by the commissioner.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-10-112

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 68-10-101
  • Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 68-10-101
  • Forms: means the certificates that are authorized, prepared and distributed by the department to carry out this chapter. See Tennessee Code 68-10-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Reports shall be made on forms supplied by the department, stating the name, address, age, sex, race, stage of the disease and other information on the form as may be required for the location, treatment and control of infectious cases.
(c) Reporting of STDs, other than those designated as reportable in the regulations promulgated by the department, is not required.
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