Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-11-831

(a) The health facilities commission is authorized to appoint temporary management to oversee the operation of a nursing home and to assure the health and safety of the nursing home's residents where:

(b) All proceedings initiated pursuant to this section shall be consistent with those in §§ 68-11-207 and 68-11-208, and, to the extent practicable, may be brought concurrently with proceedings initiated pursuant thereto.

(c) The temporary management under this section shall not be terminated until the facility is closed under subdivision (a)(1), or until the health facilities commission has determined that the nursing home has the management capability to ensure continued compliance with all requirements for nursing homes.

(d) The health facilities commission has the authority to appoint temporary management under this section during the pendency of a hearing.