(a) No one but the commissioner, a state, municipal, district or county health officer or such person‘s duly authorized representative shall establish and terminate isolation or quarantine of persons with infectious tuberculosis.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-9-204

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of health or the commissioner's duly authorized representative. See Tennessee Code 68-9-103
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • Tuberculosis: means a disease caused by the human tubercle bacillus, whether infectious or noninfectious. See Tennessee Code 68-9-103
(b) Isolation or quarantine may be established when clinical signs of the disease are shown to be present with the aid of such laboratory examination for diagnosis as the health officer may deem necessary, or isolation or quarantine may be established when tuberculosis is shown to be present in a communicable stage.
(c) The release of a person from isolation or quarantine for tuberculosis shall be made when, in the judgment of the commissioner or the health officer, the disease is no longer communicable.
(d) It is the duty of the commissioner to set up such clinical and laboratory criteria as may be necessary for the guidance of health officers in the performance of their duties as outlined in this section.
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