Title 68, Health, Safety and Environmental Protection

(a) The TBI coordinator shall:(1) Aggressively seek and obtain funding, on an ongoing basis, from all available sources, including, but not limited to, medicaid waivers and for expansion of the medicaid program, private and federal funds needed to implement new state plans and se…

(a) The commissioner shall establish and maintain a central registry of persons who sustain TBI. The purpose of the registry is to:(1) Collect information to facilitate the development of injury prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programs; and(2) Ensure the provision to per…

(a) The commissioner shall design and establish a reporting system which shall require the treating hospital to report to the department within a reasonable period of time after the identification by the treating hospital of a person with TBI. The consent of the injured person sh…

The advisory council shall submit an annual report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate, including, but not limited to, the incidence and status of TBIs in Tennessee, the administration of the office of the TBI…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in addition to any other fines imposed by title 55, chapter 8, for driving a motor vehicle in excess of ten (10) miles over the posted speed limit, there is imposed an additional fine of five dollars ($5.00) for each such violation t…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in addition to any other fines imposed by § 55-10-205, for reckless driving of a motor vehicle, there is imposed an additional fine of thirty dollars ($30.00) for each such violation to be earmarked for and paid into the general fund…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in addition to any other fines imposed by title 55, chapter 50, parts 5 and 6, for driving a motor vehicle while the driver license is cancelled, suspended or revoked, there is imposed an additional fine of fifteen dollars ($15.00) f…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in addition to any other fines imposed by § 55-10-403, for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, marijuana, narcotic drug, or drug producing stimulating effects on the central nervous system prohibited under § 55-10-401, ther…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in addition to any other fines imposed by § 55-10-101, there is imposed an additional fine of fifteen dollars ($ 15.00) for each violation to be earmarked for and paid into the general fund reserve account created by § 68-55-401 for …

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in addition to any other fines imposed by title 55, chapter 10, part 5, for drag racing, there is imposed an additional fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each violation to be earmarked for and paid into the general fund reserv…

There is established a general fund reserve to be allocated by the general appropriations act, which shall be known as the “traumatic brain injury fund,” hereafter referred to as the “fund.” Moneys from the fund may be expended to fund the registry, the TBI coordinator position a…

From the revenues deposited in the traumatic brain injury fund, the department is authorized to provide grants to county and municipal governments and/or not-for-profit organizations for home and community based programs to serve the needs of TBI persons and their families. The d…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Community-based youth athletic activity” or “youth athletic activity” means an athletic activity organized by a city, county, business or nonprofit organization where the majority of the participants are under e…

(a) This section applies to school youth athletic activity. (b) (1) The governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through th…

(a) This section applies to community-based youth athletic activity. (b) (1) Any city, county, business or nonprofit organization that organizes a community-based youth athletic activity for which an activity fee is charged, working through guidance from the department of health,…