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Legislative |
Current through July 31, 2015 If you wish to review any of the following Public Chapters in their entirety, please visit: http://www.tennessee.gov/sos/acts/index.htm. - |
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Board Specific Updates |
Board Specific Updates |
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Public Chapter 154 |
This act allows the Commissioner of Health or his designee to have electronic access to medical records in order to facilitate investigations when responding to an immediate threat to public health. Today the Commissioner of Health or his designee already has this authority but must go to the facility to review the medical records. Public Chapter 94 |
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Public Chapter 94 |
This act defines “abuse” and “neglect” for purposes of placing a person on the registry of persons who have abused, neglected, or misappropriated the property of vulnerable individuals specifically within the statutes that govern the Dept. of Health. It does not impact the definitions within the statutes that govern the Dept. of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities nor the Dept. of Human Services. It also increases the time within which placement on the registry may be appealed from 30 to 60 days. |
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Public Chapter 502 |
This act allows the Joint Government Operations Committee (the legislative committee that reviews all rules) to stay a rule up to 75 days instead of 60 days. Present law authorizes the Joint Government Operations Committee to consider the following factors when reviewing rules: authority, clarity, consistency, justification, necessity and reference. This act adds arbitrariness and capriciousness as two new considerations. |
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Public Chapter 268 |
This act makes disclosures of protected healthcare information permissible in medical malpractice lawsuits. |
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Public Chapter 261 |
The act provides for the practice of telehealth. It outlines the following: Defines a healthcare provider Establishes a provider-patient relationship by mutual consent and mutual communication Specifies that telehealth does not create a new standard care Prohibits any board from creating a more restrictive standard of professional practice for telehealth service Allows a physician to prescribe by means of telemedicine and follow all prescribing applicable statutes such as checking the Controlled Substance Monitoring Database; however, pain management clinics are not permitted There is no separate telehealth license required by the Bd of Medical Examiners |
