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Tennessee Code Title 14. Covid-19 § 14-4-101

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of health has the sole authority to determine quarantine guidelines for:

(1) A person if the person tests positive for COVID-19. The quarantine of a person must be lifted if the person receives a negative antigen detection test result or a negative molecular diagnostic test result at any time during the quarantine period; and

(2) A private business or school for purposes of closing the private business or restricting the operation of the private business for purposes of COVID-19. The quarantine of a business must be lifted as soon as practicable after the commissioner is satisfied that the conditions at the business do not present a serious public health or safety threat with respect to the spread of COVID-19.

(b) A local health entity or official, mayor, governmental entity, or school does not have the authority to quarantine a person or private business for purposes of COVID-19.

(c) The commissioner may only establish quarantine guidelines by rules promulgated pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

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