Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-11-217

(a) Nothing in this part or the rules and regulations relative to medical treatment adopted pursuant to this part shall be construed as authorizing the supervision, regulation or control of the remedial care or treatment of patients or residents in, or over, any health care facility conducted for or by those who rely upon treatment by prayer through spiritual means in the practice of religion in accordance with the creed or tenets of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.

(b) However, these institutions must comply with all rules and regulations relative to sanitation and safety as other institutions of similar category.