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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Health
Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources
Part 7 - Patient Transfers
§ 68-11-701. Legislative intent.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 68-11-701 (2017)
It is the intent of the general assembly that the department of health, acting through the board for licensing health care facilities created in § 68-11-203, shall promulgate rules, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to regulate the transfer of inpatients between hospitals, and that inpatients should not be involuntarily transferred for purely economic reasons, but should receive the needed medical care as required by chapter 140, part 3 of this title.
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