Tennessee § 49-1-219 - Advisory guidelines for reporting DUI-related deaths of minors.
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§ 49-1-219. Advisory guidelines for reporting DUI-related deaths of minors.
The commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of safety, shall develop advisory guidelines for LEAs to use in developing an annual report to inform high school students of any death of a person eighteen (18) years of age or younger that resulted from a motor vehicle accident in which a driver eighteen (18) years of age or younger was driving under the influence of an intoxicant or drug. The guidelines shall emphasize consultation at the local level with appropriate authorities. Acts 2006, ch. 634, § 2; 2015, ch. 58, § 2.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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