{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-141-104","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-141-104","heading":"Designation as regional control center — Standards.","body":"The commissioner of health may establish minimum standards for designation as a regional control center. Such standards may require regional poison control centers to do all of the following:\n(1) Answer requests by telephone for poison information and make recommendations for appropriate emergency management and treatment referrals of poisoning exposures. These services, provided twenty-four (24) hours a day, may involve the following:\n(A) Determining whether a true poisoning emergency exists;\n(B) Determining whether treatment can be accomplished at the scene of the incident, or whether transport to an emergency treatment facility is required;\n(C) Recommending treatment measures to appropriate personnel; and\n(D) Carrying out follow-up to assure that adequate care is provided;\n(2) Utilize physicians, pharmacists, nurses and supportive personnel trained in various aspects of toxicology, poison control, poison prevention and poison information retrieval;\n(3) Provide public awareness programs on poison prevention and utilization of regional poison control centers; and\n(4) Maintain a data collection program of poison exposures and prepare an annual report.","path":["Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection","Chapter 141 Poison Control"],"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":"1ef20492d74632689f43f28de7c67362793b038bae73cc3b5c0406f70f4cbe38","source_id":"us-tn","stale":true,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-141-103","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-141-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}