2010 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 8 - Rabies
68-8-112 - Rules and regulations.

68-8-112. Rules and regulations.

(a)  The commissioner of health shall have the authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the proper enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.

(b)  The commissioner in adopting rules may rely in whole or in part on guidance or standards contained in the rabies compendium or issued by the United States department of agriculture.

(c)  The rules deemed necessary by the commissioner to effectuate the provisions of this chapter are of such importance to the welfare of the citizens of this state that they may be promulgated as public necessity rules.

[Acts 2004, ch. 765, § 1.]  

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