68-1-1204 - Rules and regulations Public school nurse advisory council. - Tennessee Statutes

68-1-1204. Rules and regulations Public school nurse advisory council.

(a)  The commissioner of health, acting in consultation with the executive director of the program, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to efficiently and effectively implement the provisions of this part.

(b)  (1)  The rules and regulations shall include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, policies and procedures whereby a public school nurse advisory council may be created by a local education agency (LEA) with one (1) or more full-time school nurses.

     (2)  The primary purpose of the advisory council shall be to develop and submit recommendations to the executive director of the school nurse program and to the governing board of the LEA concerning the effective and efficient utilization and coordination of state and local school nurse personnel and resources.

     (3)  The membership of the advisory council shall include both locally employed school nurses and state employed school nurses.

     (4)  All rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

[Acts 1988, ch. 988, § 1; 1989, ch. 356, § 1.]