2015 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Health
Chapter 2 - Local Health Services
Part 6 - County Health Departments
§ 68-2-609 - Orders of county health officer.
The county health officer is empowered to order:
(1) The quarantine of any 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 any public establishment, facility or building if the county health officer finds unsanitary conditions of such a nature and extent to significantly threaten the public health; or
(3) The closure of any public establishment, facility or building, if the county health officer is otherwise authorized by law to take that action.
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