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Title 68 - Health, Safety a...
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Chapter 11 - Health Facilit...
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Part 2 - Regulation of Health and Related Facil...
Part 2 - Regulation of Health and Related Facilities
§ 68-11-201. Part definitions.
§ 68-11-202. Licensing and regulation by department -- Creation and powers of board -- Fire and life safety regulations -- Municipal regulatory conflicts -- Submission of construction plans to department -- Standards for accessibility by handicapped -- Use of endoscopy technicians -- Radiologic services -- Amendment of licensure rules.
§ 68-11-203. Board for licensing health care facilities.
§ 68-11-204. Requirement for license -- Governmental institutions exempted.
§ 68-11-205. Practice in healing arts or medicine by partnership, person, association or corporation unauthorized.
§ 68-11-206. Application for license -- Form of contents -- Procedure -- Term of license -- Renewal -- Inactive status.
§ 68-11-207. Suspension or revocation of license -- Grounds -- Procedure -- Probation.
§ 68-11-208. Hearings before board -- Judicial review.
§ 68-11-209. Rules and regulations governing operation -- Adoption by board -- Waiver -- Certification of administrator -- Rules governing training and testing of nursing assistants -- Outpatient services off main campus -- Compliance with board rules.
§ 68-11-210. Inspections -- Reports -- Federal accreditation exemption.
§ 68-11-211. Reporting incidents of abuse, neglect and misappropriation -- Reporting specific incidents that might result in a disruption in the delivery of health care services -- Confidentiality.
§ 68-11-212. Placement and adoption of children unaffected.
§ 68-11-213. Injunctions and penalties -- Promulgation of regulations.
§ 68-11-214. Personnel and inspectors.
§ 68-11-215. Salaries and expenses.
§ 68-11-216. Promulgation of rules and regulations as to fees -- Licensures and annual renewal fees.
§ 68-11-217. Christian Science facilities excepted.
§ 68-11-218. Disciplinary action reports.
§ 68-11-219. Payment to health care agency of assigned insurance benefits -- Insurer's duty to request information.
§ 68-11-220. Hospital billing information statements.
§ 68-11-221. Deficiencies in facilities--Special monitors.
§ 68-11-222. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) -- Policies.
§ 68-11-223. Ambulatory surgical treatment centers performing abortions.
§ 68-11-224. Withholding of resuscitative services -- Regulations.
§ 68-11-225. Nursing home administrators -- Unexpected losses.
§ 68-11-226. Licensing of home medical equipment provider.
§ 68-11-227. Prohibited hospital actions.
§ 68-11-228. “Home care organization” and “solicit” defined.
§ 68-11-229. Solicitation of patients of other home care organizations prohibited.
§ 68-11-230. Purpose of §§ 68-11-228 -- 68-11-231 -- Construction.
§ 68-11-231. Penalties -- Injunction -- Attorney's fees.
§ 68-11-232. Construction of chapter regarding providing assisted-care living facility services and care.
§ 68-11-233. Criminal background check of applicants.
§ 68-11-234. Criminal background checks for child care center employees.
§ 68-11-235. Fire safety in nursing homes -- Sprinkler plans -- Compliance dates -- New facilities -- Effect of noncompliance -- Fire drills -- Reimbursement for Medicaid certified facilities.
§ 68-11-236. Fire safety in assisted-care living facilities.
§ 68-11-237. Fire safety in licensed homes for the aged.
§ 68-11-238. Marketing strategies and strategic plans -- Confidentiality of records -- Closed meetings.
§ 68-11-239. Central service technician.
§ 68-11-240. Participation in drug donation repository program.
§ 68-11-241. Promulgation of rules to permit disposal of prescription drugs.
§ 68-11-242. Differentiation between licensed physicians based on maintenance of certification.
§ 68-11-243. Collection of out-of-network charges by healthcare facility.
§ 68-11-250. Health care equipment -- Lessors.
§ 68-11-251. Rules and regulations -- Intent of section -- Adequate emergency medical care for children -- Committee on pediatric emergency care -- Recommendations of committee to the board -- Annual report.
§ 68-11-252. Suspension of admission to facilities detrimental to health, safety or welfare of patients or residents.
§ 68-11-253. Definitions -- Regulation of medical gas piping.
§ 68-11-254. Information required to be posted in nursing homes.
§ 68-11-255. Procedure for surrendering custody of unwanted infant without criminal liability.
§ 68-11-256. Criminal background checks on direct care employees of nursing homes.
§ 68-11-257. Preadmission or precontract disclosures.
§ 68-11-258. Internet posting of facilities and whether facilities have sprinklers, smoke detectors, or alarms.
§ 68-11-259. Establishment and maintenance of a trauma registry -- Compliance -- Confidentiality.
§ 68-11-260. Electronic transmission of physician orders.
§ 68-11-261. Emergency keyed lock boxes next to functioning elevators.
§ 68-11-262. Limit on amount of charges for services to an uninsured patient.
§ 68-11-263. National nosocomial infection surveillance/national healthcare safety network (NNIS/NHSN).
§ 68-11-264. Task force to clarify the interpretive guidelines for reporting unusual events with regard to Class I and Class II surgical site infections -- Hospital-acquired infections.
§ 68-11-265. Use of information obtained by the department.
§ 68-11-266. Offering of immunization for influenza and pneumococcal diseases to inpatients sixty-five (65) or older.
§ 68-11-267. Report on antibiotic resistant infections.
§ 68-11-268. Charity case policy.
§ 68-11-269. Comprehensive infection control program -- Admission or transfer of patients.
§ 68-11-270. Assessment of prospective resident by adult care home provider or traumatic brain injury (TBI) residential home provider prior to admission -- Development of residential plan of care -- Person centered approach -- Ability to meet needs of resident -- Meals and activities -- Staffing -- Resident’s rights -- Transfers or discharges -- Transitional plans.
§ 68-11-271. Registry check.
§ 68-11-272. Patient safety and quality improvement -- Burden of proving bad faith and malice.
§ 68-11-273. Licensing of traumatic brain injury residential homes.
§ 68-11-274. Provision of day services for residents as part of comprehensive services.
§ 68-11-275. Funding from the TennCare CHOICES program -- Applicability of the Critical Adult Care Act of 2009.