Tennessee § 4-6-148 - Temporary retention of disabled correctional officer or youth service worker.

§ 4-6-148. Temporary retention of disabled correctional officer or youth service worker.

Whenever a correctional officer or youth service worker is injured in the line of duty and such injury disables such person from performing such person's regular duties, whether such disability is temporary or permanent, it is lawful for the commissioner of correction, or the commissioner of children's services, as appropriate, in such commissioner's sound discretion and with the approval of the governor and the attorney general and reporter, to retain such injured disabled employee upon the regular payroll of the department of correction or the department of children's services, as appropriate, until the person's claim for compensation for such disability is determined by the division of claims and risk management. Acts 1987, ch. 178, § 1; 1989, ch. 278, § 23; 1996, ch. 1079, § 16; T.C.A. § 4-7-117 ; Acts 2017, ch. 271, § 1. Code Commission Notes. Former § 4-7-117 , concerning temporary retention of disabled correctional officer or youth service worker, was transferred to this section in 2011 by the code commission in 2011. Amendments. The 2017 amendment substituted “division of claims and risk management” for “division of claims administration” at the end of the section. Effective Dates. Acts 2017, ch. 2017, § 3. May 4, 2017. Cross-References. Youth services officer, § 37-1-106 .