Tennessee § 68-14-516 - Containment of disease transmission by employees.

§ 68-14-516. Containment of disease transmission by employees.

When the commissioner has reasonable cause to suspect possible disease transmission by an employee of the facility, the commissioner may secure a morbidity history of the employee or make other investigations as may be indicated. The commissioner may require any of the following: The immediate exclusion of the employee from employment in the establishment; The immediate closing of the facility until in the commissioner's opinion no further danger of disease outbreak exists; Restricting the employee's service to some area of the facility where there would be little likelihood of transmitting disease; or Adequate medical and laboratory examinations of the employee and of other employees. Acts 1990, ch. 884, § 17.