Tennessee § 68-11-904 - Confidentiality of complainant's identity.
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§ 68-11-904. Confidentiality of complainant's identity.
Whenever the department conducts inspections and investigations in response to complaints received from the public, the identity of the complainant and the identity of any patient or resident who is the subject of the complaint, or identified in the complaint, shall be treated as confidential and shall not be open to inspection by members of the public, notwithstanding any provision of title 10, chapter 7 to the contrary. It being in the public interest that the identity of a person described in subsection (a) shall be protected from disclosure, the person's identity shall be provided in response to litigation, only after a finding by the court that justice so requires. Acts 1987, ch. 312, § 8. Cross-References. Confidentiality of public records, § 10-7-504 .
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 68-11-904 ("Confidentiality of complainant's identity.") 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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