68-14-516 - Containment of disease transmission by employees. - Tennessee Statutes

68-14-516. Containment of disease transmission by employees.

(a)  When the commissioner has reasonable cause to suspect possible disease transmission by an employee of the facility, the commissioner may secure a morbidity history of the employee or make other investigations as may be indicated.

(b)  The commissioner may require any of the following:

     (1)  The immediate exclusion of the employee from employment in the establishment;

     (2)  The immediate closing of the facility until in the commissioner's opinion no further danger of disease outbreak exists;

     (3)  Restricting the employee's service to some area of the facility where there would be little likelihood of transmitting disease; or

     (4)  Adequate medical and laboratory examinations of the employee and of other employees.

[Acts 1990, ch. 884, § 17.]