{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-14-4-101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 14-4-101","heading":"[Expired] Sole authority to quarantine for COVID-19","body":"(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. Added by 2021EX3 Tenn. Acts, ch. 6, s 1, eff. 11/12/2021.\n(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.\n(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\n(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.\n(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.\n(c) The commissioner may only establish quarantine guidelines by rules promulgated pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.\nAdded by 2021EX3 Tenn. Acts, ch. 6, s 1, eff. 11/12/2021.","path":["TN Code","Title 14","Chapter 4"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"9166924b3a894c6353b110f5b797fe975b73b49358f0d62f757214e603766c7a","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-14-3-101","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-14-4-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}