Tennessee § 37-2-317 - Investigation by department of human services.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 37-2-317 — Investigation by department of human services., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 37-2-317. Investigation by department of human services.
The department of human services, by its agents, has the power to enter, visit and investigate any licensed receiving home at any and all reasonable times without prior notice of its intentions so to do. Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 14; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.14 (Williams, § 4765.132); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-617.
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