Tennessee § 63-32-115 Compiling and dissemination of information - Liability of the department of health

Tennessee Statutes

§ 63-32-115 — Compiling and dissemination of information - Liability of the department of health

(a)Under this chapter, the department of health only compiles information. The department shall not vouch for or assert the accuracy of any information it disseminates under this chapter. Before the department disseminates information to consumers under this chapter, the department shall permit each provider, hospital, or managed care organization, whose information is to be disseminated, the opportunity to review and correct any information the department proposes to disseminate. The department shall also allow a collaborating physician at any time the opportunity to review, accept, and update the existence of a collaborating relationship between the physician and a physician assistant licensed under § 63-19-105 . The department shall also allow a collaborating physician at any time the

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(a) Under this chapter, the department of health only compiles information. The department shall not vouch for or assert the accuracy of any information it disseminates under this chapter. Before the department disseminates information to consumers under this chapter, the department shall permit each provider, hospital, or managed care organization, whose information is to be disseminated, the opportunity to review and correct any information the department proposes to disseminate. The department shall also allow a collaborating physician at any time the opportunity to review, accept, and update the existence of a collaborating relationship between the physician and a physician assistant licensed under § 63-19-105 . The department shall also allow a collaborating physician at any time the opportunity to review, accept, and update the existence of a collaborating relationship between the physician and the holder of a certificate of fitness pursuant to § 63-7-123 . (b) On or after January 1, 2015, the collaborative relationship contained in the controlled substance database, as established in title 53, chapter 10, part 3, shall be used by the department to update provider profiles which have been established pursuant to this chapter. (c) The department shall not be subject to any suit for damages concerning any information that the department disseminates that a provider, hospital, managed care organization, collaborating physician, or supervisory physician had the opportunity to correct, but did not correct. (d) Nothing contained in this section shall repeal or override the confidentiality provisions contained in title 53, chapter 10, part 3, except to the extent that the department uses the information to update the existence of: (1) A collaborating relationship between a physician and a holder of a certificate of fitness pursuant to § 63-7-123 ; or (2) A collaborating relationship between a physician and a physician assistant licensed under § 63-19-105 .

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Legislative History

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 610, Secs.s 35, s 36eff. 7/1/2018. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 610, s 34, eff. 7/1/2018. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 334, s 10, Sec.s 11eff. 7/1/2017. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 334, s 9, eff. 7/1/2017. Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 898, s 2, eff. 1/1/2015. Acts 1998, ch. 1073, § 15.