68-1-101 - Department organized into divisions. - Tennessee Statutes

68-1-101. Department organized into divisions.

The department of health shall be organized into the following divisions:

     (1)  The division of sanitary engineering, the head of which shall be the sanitary engineer;

     (2)  The division of laboratories, the head of which shall be the bacteriologist;

     (3)  The division of tuberculosis control, the head of which shall be the commissioner of health;

     (4)  The division of preventable diseases, the head of which shall be the director of preventable diseases;

     (5)  The division of children's special services, the head of which shall be the director of crippled children's service;

     (6)  The division of medical care, the head of which shall be the director of medical care, who shall be appointed by the governor;

     (7)  The division of rabies control, the head of which shall be the director of rabies control; and

     (8)  The division of health related boards for all administrative, fiscal, inspectional, clerical and secretarial functions of the following boards, agencies and commissions:

          (A)  Board of alcohol and drug abuse counselors;

          (B)  Board of athletic trainers;

          (C)  Board for professional counselors, marital and family therapists and clinical pastoral therapists;

          (D)  Board of chiropractic examiners;

          (E)  Board of communication disorders and sciences;

          (F)  Board of communication disorders and sciences' council for hearing instrument specialists;

          (G)  Board of dentistry;

          (H)  Board of dietitians/nutritionists examiners;

          (I)  Board of dispensing opticians;

          (J)  Board of electrolysis examiners;

          (K)  Board of examiners for nursing home administrators;

          (L)  Board of examiners in psychology;

          (M)  Board of medical examiners;

          (N)  Board of medical examiners' committee for clinical perfusion;

          (O)  Board of medical examiners' committee on physician assistants;

          (P)  Board of medical examiners' Tennessee advisory committee for acupuncture;

          (Q)  Board of nursing;

          (R)  Board of occupational therapy;

          (S)  Board of optometry;

          (T)  Board of osteopathic examination;

          (U)  Board of osteopathic examination's council of certified professional midwifery;

          (V)  Board of pharmacy;

          (W)  Board of physical therapy;

          (X)  Board of podiatric medical examiners;

          (Y)  Reflexology practitioners' registration;

          (Z)  Board of respiratory care;

          (AA)  Board of social worker licensure;

          (BB)  Tennessee massage licensure board;

          (CC)  Tennessee medical laboratory board; and

          (DD)  Board of veterinary medical examiners.

[Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 47; Shan. Supp., § 373a108; Code 1932, § 326; Acts 1935, ch. 135, § 1; 1937, ch. 33, § 64; 1939, ch. 77, § 2; 1939, ch. 102, § 1; 1941, ch. 23, § 6; 1947, ch. 16, § 3; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 326 (Williams, §§ 255.67, 255.68a, 326, 4432.23, 4752, 4916.2, 5827.6); Acts 1953, ch. 252, § 3 (Williams, § 5109.22); impl. am. Acts 1967, ch. 173, § 1; Acts 1971, ch. 81, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 188, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 771, § 1; 1974, ch. 495, § 8; impl. am. Acts 1976, ch. 575, § 1; Acts 1976, ch. 623, § 1; 1976, ch. 650, § 15; impl. am. Acts 1977, ch. 128, § 3; Acts 1978, ch. 906, § 5; 1978, ch. 924, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 378, §§ 2, 19; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 53-101; Acts 1984, ch. 921, § 6; 1984, ch. 1003, § 3; 1995, ch. 419, § 1; 2007, ch. 424, § 1; 2008, ch. 1016, § 8.]