§ 14-4-101 — [Expired] Sole authority to quarantine for COVID-19

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of health has the sole authority to determine quarantine guidelines for: (1) A person if the person tests positive for COVID-19. The quarantine of a person must be lifted if the person receives a negative antigen detection test result or a negative molecular diagnostic test result at any time during the quarantine period; and (2) A private business or school for purposes of closing the private business or restricting the operation of the private business for purposes of COVID-19. The quarantine of a business must be lifted as soon as practicable after the commissioner is satisfied that the conditions at the business do not present a serious public health or safety threat with respect to the spread of COVID-19. (b) A local health entity or official, mayor, governmental entity, or school does not have the authority to quarantine a person or private business for purposes of COVID-19. (c) The commissioner may only establish quarantine guidelines by rules promulgated pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

Legislative History

Added by 2021EX3 Tenn. Acts, ch. 6, s 1, eff. 11/12/2021.