When the commissioner has reasonable cause to suspect possible disease transmission by an employee of the facility, the commissioner may obtain information about any recent illness of the employee or make other investigations as may be indicated. The commissioner may require any of the following:

(1) The immediate exclusion of the employee from employment in the hotel or public pool;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-14-319

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of health, the commissioner's duly authorized representative, and in the event of the commissioner's absence or vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner. See Tennessee Code 68-14-302
  • Hotel: means any building or establishment kept, used, or maintained as, or advertised as, or offered to the public to be, a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transients or travelers, whether or not meals are served to transients or travelers. See Tennessee Code 68-14-302
(2) The immediate closing of the facility until, in the commissioner’s opinion, no further danger of disease outbreak exists;
(3) Restricting the employee’s service to some area of the facility where there would be little likelihood of transmitting disease; or
(4) Adequate medical and laboratory examinations of the employee and of other employees.
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