2023 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-221-1319)
HEALTH (§§ 68-1-NEW — 68-6-201)
Chapter 14 - HOTELS, FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AND SWIMMING POOLS (§§ 68-14-101 — 68-14-807)
Part 5 - BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTION ACT OF 1990 (§§ 68-14-501 — 68-14-519)
Section 68-14-516 - Containment of disease transmission by employees

• (a) When the commissioner has reasonable cause to suspect possible disease transmission by an employee of the facility, the commissioner may secure a morbidity history of the employee or make other investigations as may be indicated.

• (b) The commissioner may require any of the following:
  • (1) The immediate exclusion of the employee from employment in the establishment;
  • (2) The immediate closing of the facility until in the commissioner's opinion no further danger of disease outbreak exists;
  • (3) Restricting the employee's service to some area of the facility where there would be little likelihood of transmitting disease; or
  • (4) Adequate medical and laboratory examinations of the employee and of other employees.

Acts 1990, ch. 884, § 17.