{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-2-609","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609","heading":"Orders of county health officer.","body":"The county health officer is empowered to order:\n(1) The quarantine of any place or person, if the county health officer finds that quarantine is necessary to protect the public health from an epidemic;\n(2) The closure of any public establishment, facility or building if the county health officer finds unsanitary conditions of such a nature and extent to significantly threaten the public health; or\n(3) The closure of any public establishment, facility or building, if the county health officer is otherwise authorized by law to take that action.","path":["Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection","Chapter 2 Local Health Services","Part 6 County Health Departments"],"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":"cea58e1d1024842e3537d4e5082d6611f6e60ab258f9385458524544ca230c72","source_id":"us-tn","stale":true,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-2-608","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-2-610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}