Tennessee Code 58-2-812 – Workers’ compensation benefits
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 58-2-812
- Health practitioner: means an individual licensed under any chapter of titles 62, 63 or 68, or their counterparts in another state, to provide health services. See Tennessee Code 58-2-802
- Health services: means :
(A) The provision of treatment, care, advice or guidance, other services, or supplies related to the health or death of individuals or human populations, to the extent necessary to respond to an emergency, including: (i) The following, concerning the physical or mental condition or functional status of an individual or affecting the structure or function of the body: (a) Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care. See Tennessee Code 58-2-802 - State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Tennessee Code 58-2-802
Notwithstanding § 8-42-101(3)(B) concerning workers’ compensation coverage of certain state employees, a volunteer health practitioner who is providing health services in this state pursuant to this part, or who is traveling to or from this state to provide such services, and who is not covered by workers’ compensation insurance, shall be considered an employee of this state for purposes of any medical workers’ compensation benefits concerning any injury incurred in traveling or providing the services. Benefits for volunteer health practitioners are limited to those medical benefits provided to state employees under the laws of this state.