Title 68, Health, Safety and Environmental Protection

(a) The county legislative body is required to provide necessary office facilities, and to appropriate money necessary for the maintenance of the county health department. (b) The state department of health may participate with the county in the cost of construction and renovatio…

Municipalities located in counties establishing county health departments are empowered to cooperate in the maintenance of county health departments, and to have the county health departments serve as departments for the municipalities, and are authorized to incur the expenses ne…

All private acts relative to county boards of health or county health departments, in effect on July 1, 1985, shall remain in effect.

(a) County health departments may enter into agreements, contracts or arrangements with governmental entities or other persons as necessary or appropriate to assist the county health department in carrying out its duties and functions, unless otherwise prohibited by law, and in a…

(a) (1) Whenever it appears to the county health director that a condition or activity exists or is threatened that may violate the laws, regulations, resolutions, ordinances, permits or licenses that are within the enforcement responsibility of the county health director, the co…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the county health officer may order:(1) The quarantine of a place or person, if the county health officer finds that quarantine is necessary to protect the public health from an epidemic;(2) The closure of a public establishment, facility…

(a) In any county having a population in excess of eight hundred thousand (800,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, that has a health department operating an urban and rural sanitation program to prevent or reduce the transmission of vector…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary:(1) For the purposes of effectively mitigating the impact of a pandemic, upon declaration of a pandemic by the federal centers for disease control and prevention and a subsequent declaration of a state of emergency by the governor indic…

(a) Two (2) or more contiguous counties may, by resolution duly approved by a majority vote of each respective county legislative body, combine and contract, each with the other, for the purpose of forming a district health department, having all the powers, responsibilities and …

(a) There may be created for the health district so formed, a joint district board of health consisting of the county mayor, the county director of schools, and one (1) physician, licensed to practice in Tennessee from each county of the district. The physician member from each c…

(a) District health departments shall be headed by, and under the immediate direction of, a district health director, who shall be appointed by the commissioner of health. (b) The district health director shall act as the administrative officer of the district health department a…

(a) The district health director shall be a health professional who possesses the necessary education and experience in public health administration as determined by the state department of health and approved by the department of human resources. If the district health director …

(a) The county legislative bodies of counties establishing a district health department are authorized and empowered to appropriate funds necessary for the maintenance of the district health departments and to levy and collect taxes to meet and pay the same. (b) Each county shall…

(a) Health advisory committees may be established to represent counties, districts or regions; however, each county must have at least one (1) representative. (b) Each health advisory committee established in accordance with § 68-2-601(e) shall function in an advisory capacity. T…

(1) The functions of the health advisory committee shall be to:(1) Be informed concerning the operations and programs of the health department;(2) Assist in informing residents of programs and services;(3) Advise the health director/health officer of community health needs and re…

(1) In order to achieve an equitable allocation of local health resources, the department of health shall develop a plan to distribute state grant-in-aid funds to counties. This plan shall be based on the following propositions:(1) A base allocation shall be made to each county t…