Tennessee § 4-3-2708 - Continuing effect of current rules, regulations, orders, decisions and policies.

§ 4-3-2708. Continuing effect of current rules, regulations, orders, decisions and policies.

All current rules, regulations, orders, decisions and policies heretofore issued or promulgated by an agency of state government whose functions have been transferred under Acts 2010, ch. 1100 to the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities shall remain in full force and effect and shall hereafter be administered and enforced by the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities. To this end, the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities, through its commissioner, shall have the authority, consistent with the statutes and regulations pertaining to the programs and functions transferred herein, to modify or rescind orders, rules and regulations, decisions or policies heretofore issued and to adopt, issue or promulgate new orders, rules and regulations, decisions or policies as may be necessary for the administration of the programs or functions herein transferred. Acts 2010, ch. 1100, § 152. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2010, ch. 1100, § 153 provided that the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the commissioner of finance and administration are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the act. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.