68-110-105 - Enforcement of chapter Local requirements to conform with departmental requirements. - Tennessee Statutes

68-110-105. Enforcement of chapter Local requirements to conform with departmental requirements.

(a)  It is the duty of the local public health officers or the commissioner, when the commissioner determines that the provisions of this chapter are not being adequately enforced, to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

(b)  All ordinances, rules, regulations, and other requirements adopted by the boards of health or local governing bodies shall at least conform to the reasonable requirements that may have been established by the department and shall not be inconsistent with such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the department.

[Acts 1965, ch. 65, § 5; 1971, ch. 127, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 53-3805, 68-28-105.]