Tennessee § 68-140-202 - Purposes of part.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 68-140-202 — Purposes of part., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 68-140-202. Purposes of part.
The purposes of this part are to require that medical need and available medical resources, rather than the financial resources of an applicant for emergency medical treatment or first aid, be the determining factors concerning the scope of medical services provided. Acts 1972, ch. 750, § 2; T.C.A., §§ 53-5203, 68-39-302, 68-140-302. Code Commission Notes. Former § 68-140-302 was transferred to § 68-140-202 by authority of the code commission in 2011.
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