{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-1-1002","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-1-1002","heading":"Part definitions.","body":"As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) “Cancer” means and includes, but is not limited to:\n(A) A large group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells;\n(B) Any condition of tumors having the properties of anaplasia, invasion, and metastasis;\n(C) A cellular tumor, the natural course of which is fatal;\n(D) Malignant neoplasm; and\n(E) In-situ cancer.\n(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health;\n(3) “Department” means the department of health;\n(4) “Facility” means a health care facility in which diagnosis or treatment services are provided to patients with cancer, including, but not limited to, an ambulatory surgical treatment center (ASTC), a freestanding cancer treatment center, a radiation therapy center, a chemotherapy treatment center, a nursing home, an oncology or dermatology clinic, a laboratory, or any other facility that provides screening, detection, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with cancer;\n(5) “Health care practitioner” means a physician, surgeon, or other health care professional licensed under title 63 who is engaged in diagnosing and treating patients who have cancer;\n(6) “Hospital” means an institution as defined by § 68-11-201;\n(7) “In-situ cancer” means an abnormality of development and organization of cells. It is a condition of early cancer, without the invasion of neighboring tissue;\n(8) “Laboratory” means a facility where tests are performed identifying anatomical and cytological changes, and where specimens are interpreted and pathological diagnoses are made; and\n(9) “Medical, scientific and academic research communities” means those institutions that devote a substantial part of their activity to research and that have internal procedures providing for the collection, study and protection of data.","path":["Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection","Chapter 1 Department of Health","Part 10 Tennessee Cancer Reporting System Act of 1983"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.tn.tca/release76.2021.05.21/gov.tn.tca.title.68.odt","current_through":"2021-05-21","vintage":"Tennessee Code Release 76 (2021-05), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:57:36Z","sha256":"d19fc17f39a60af425d5b169f9da49e5be1374391cd9809f7297df4d8a4da15c","source_id":"us-tn","stale":true,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-1-1001","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-1-1003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}