2010 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 141 - Poison Control
68-141-104 - Designation as regional control center Standards.

68-141-104. Designation as regional control center Standards.

The commissioner of health may establish minimum standards for designation as a regional control center. Such standards may require regional poison control centers to do all of the following:

     (1)  Answer requests by telephone for poison information and make recommendations for appropriate emergency management and treatment referrals of poisoning exposures. These services, provided twenty-four (24) hours a day, may involve the following:

          (A)  Determining whether a true poisoning emergency exists;

          (B)  Determining whether treatment can be accomplished at the scene of the incident, or whether transport to an emergency treatment facility is required;

          (C)  Recommending treatment measures to appropriate personnel; and

          (D)  Carrying out follow-up to assure that adequate care is provided;

     (2)  Utilize physicians, pharmacists, nurses and supportive personnel trained in various aspects of toxicology, poison control, poison prevention and poison information retrieval;

     (3)  Provide public awareness programs on poison prevention and utilization of regional poison control centers; and

     (4)  Maintain a data collection program of poison exposures and prepare an annual report.

[Acts 1991, ch. 393, § 5; T.C.A., § 68-43-104.]