68-1-801 - Definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

68-1-801. Definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designated representative;

     (2)  “Committee” means the perinatal advisory committee;

     (3)  “Department” means the department of health; and

     (4)  “Perinatal” means the period from time of conception through the first year of life of the infant and sixty (60) days post partum for the mother.

[Acts 1974, ch. 645, § 1; 1977, ch. 327, § 1; T.C.A., § 53-127.]