18 chapters · 493 sections in this title.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-51-101 Protection against bloodborne pathogens
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The superintendent, director or warden of any correctional institution or county or municipal jail or workhouse shall provide training in universal precaution from bloodborne pathogens for all employees at risk for potential occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens, includin…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-51-102 Exposure to infectious diseases by inmates
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(a) It is the intent of the general assembly to protect the health and safety of the citizens of Tennessee through control of the spread of infectious diseases. The purpose of this section is to require a correctional institution to inform an employee, contract employee or visito…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-51-103 Deceased inmates infected by bloodborne pathogens — Notice to handlers of body
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(a) Whenever any inmate committed to a state penal institution dies, and the inmate is known by health personnel of the department of correction to be infected by a bloodborne pathogen as defined in § 41-51-102(b), the superintendent, director or warden of the state penal institu…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-51-104 Prohibition against trusty status for sexual offenders
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(a) No person who has been convicted of an offense that will require the person to register as a sexual offender pursuant to title 40, chapter 39, part 2, and who is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse, shall be eligible for, nor shall such person be placed on…