Tennessee Code 68-29-107 – Laboratories to report infectious diseases
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-29-107
- Board: means the medical laboratory board, created by §. See Tennessee Code 68-29-103
- Medical laboratory: means any institution, building, or place in which operations and procedures for the microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, immunohematological, or biophysical examination of specimens taken from the human body are performed to obtain information for diagnosis, prophylaxis, or treatment or where any examination, determination, or test is made on any sample used as a basis for health advice, or where any sample is collected for the purpose of transfusion or processing of blood or blood fractions, or for the training of medical laboratory personnel. See Tennessee Code 68-29-103
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
The board shall require reporting by owners or directors of laboratories of infectious diseases for the protection of the public health. The reports shall not be construed as constituting a diagnosis, nor shall any medical laboratory making such report be held liable under the laws of this state for having violated a trust or confidential relationship. The reports submitted shall be deemed confidential and not subject to public inspection.