68-2-609 - Orders of county health officer. - Tennessee Statutes

68-2-609. Orders of county health officer.

The county health officer is empowered to order:

     (1)  The quarantine of any place or person, if the county health officer finds that quarantine is necessary to protect the public health from an epidemic;

     (2)  The closure of any public establishment, facility or building if the county health officer finds unsanitary conditions of such a nature and extent to significantly threaten the public health; or

     (3)  The closure of any public establishment, facility or building, if the county health officer is otherwise authorized by law to take that action.

[Acts 1985, ch. 172, § 1.]