2017 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Health
Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources
Part 8 - Deficient Nursing Homes
§ 68-11-831. Appointment of temporary management.

Universal Citation: TN Code § 68-11-831 (2017)
  • (a) The department is authorized to appoint temporary management to oversee the operation of a nursing home and to assure the health and safety of the nursing home's residents where:
    • (1) There is an orderly closure of the nursing home; or
    • (2) Improvements are made in order to bring the nursing home into compliance with all applicable deficiencies cited pursuant to § 68-11-210.
  • (b) All proceedings initiated pursuant to this section shall be consistent with those in §§ 68-11-207 and 68-11-208, and, to the extent practicable, may be brought concurrently with proceedings initiated pursuant thereto.
  • (c) The temporary management under this section shall not be terminated until the facility is closed under subdivision (a)(1), or until the department has determined that the nursing home has the management capability to ensure continued compliance with all requirements for nursing homes.
  • (d) The department has the authority to appoint temporary management under this section during the pendency of a hearing.
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