Tennessee § 4-6-109 - Hospitalization of inmates.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 4-6-109 — Hospitalization of inmates., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-6-109. Hospitalization of inmates.
Whenever, in the judgment of the physician or physicians in charge of any of the charitable or penal institutions of the state, it becomes necessary to perform an operation or give special treatment or care to any inmate of any such institution, if the institution is not equipped for the performance of the operation or to give special treatment, the physician in charge of such institution may, with the approval of the commissioner vested with the administration of such institution, have such inmate placed in a first-class hospital of the state where the inmate may have the necessary operation, hospitalization, care and treatment. Acts 1943, ch. 32, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 382.1; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-619.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 4-6-109 ("Hospitalization of inmates.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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