Tennessee Statutes

§ 41-2-118 — Medical care of prisoners

Tennessee § 41-2-118

This text of Tennessee § 41-2-118 (Medical care of prisoners) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Tennessee primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-118 (2026).

Text

(a)Where any county has a health officer and jail physician, the person shall attend on all workhouse prisoners while they remain in the jail building after sentence to the workhouse and give them medicine and medical treatment as may be necessary. The health officer and physician shall receive no additional compensation for the services other than the person's regular salary.
(b)Where there is no health officer and jail physician, the county may contract for services with a private physician.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

Acts 1891, ch. 123, § 21; Shan., § 7427; Code 1932, § 12036; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1226; Acts 1986, ch. 744, § 11.

Nearby Sections

15
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 41-2-118, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/41-2-118.