Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-11-1901

(1) “Countermeasure” means a vaccine or the component parts used in the design, development, clinical testing or investigation or manufacture of a vaccine, including seed stocks, cell lines and plasmids, used to diagnose, mitigate, prevent, treat, cure or otherwise limit the harm of an infectious disease that is:

(2) “Healthcare research institution” means any non-governmental, nonprofit research institution with its principal place of business in this state, that is, or that is affiliated with, a hospital or clinic for the treatment of pediatric patients, that does not seek payment for treatment provided to patients in the absence of insurance coverage for the treatment. “Healthcare research institution” includes any or all of the parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns of the institution, and any or all individual trustees, officers, directors, employees, and agents of the institution; and

(3) “Willful misconduct” means an act or omission that is taken: