§ 41-51-101. Protection Against Bloodborne Pathogens
The superintendent, director or warden of any correctional institution or county or municipal jail or workhouse shall provide training in universal precaution from bloodborne pathogens for all employees at risk for potential occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens, including, but not limited to, hepatitis B or HIV (AIDS). Voluntary vaccinations shall be provided and strongly encouraged […]
§ 41-51-102. Exposure to Infectious Diseases by Inmates
It is the intent of the general assembly to protect the health and safety of the citizens of Tennessee through control of the spread of infectious diseases. The purpose of this section is to require a correctional institution to inform an employee, contract employee or visitor of the infectious disease status of an inmate if […]
§ 41-51-103. Deceased Inmates Infected by Bloodborne Pathogens — Notice to Handlers of Body
Whenever any inmate committed to a state penal institution dies, and the inmate is known by health personnel of the department of correction to be infected by a bloodborne pathogen as defined in § 41-51-102(b), the superintendent, director or warden of the state penal institution shall inform the person collecting the dead body and the […]
§ 41-51-104. Prohibition Against Trusty Status for Sexual Offenders
No person who has been convicted of an offense that will require the person to register as a sexual offender pursuant to title 40, chapter 39, part 2, and who is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse, shall be eligible for, nor shall such person be placed on, trusty status. Subsection […]
§ 41-24-110. Powers and Duties Not Delegable to Contractor
No contract for correctional services shall authorize, allow or imply a delegation of the authority or responsibility of the commissioner to a prison contractor for any of the following: Developing and implementing procedures for calculating inmate release and parole eligibility dates; Developing and implementing procedures for calculating and awarding sentence credits; Approving inmates for furlough […]
§ 41-24-111. Application of Certain Administrative Laws to Contractor
All existing provisions of law shall apply to a prison contractor except as provided in this section or otherwise provided in this chapter: Title 12, chapter 3, relative to public purchases, shall not apply to purchases and procurements of a prison contractor providing correctional services; Title 8, chapter 30, relative to state service, shall not […]
§ 41-24-112. Consolidated Retirement System
The following provisions shall govern eligibility for membership in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system for employees of a prison contractor providing correctional services as defined in § 41-24-102(2)(F): Department of correction employees in positions under the control and supervision of the department that become subject to a contract with a prison contractor and who are […]
§ 41-24-113. Rights of Employees of Contractor
The following provisions shall govern the rights of employees of the state who become employees of the contractor. Any employee of the contractor who was formerly an employee of the state shall have the following rights while in the employ of the contractor: The employee shall be allowed to be a member of any qualified […]
§ 41-24-114. [reserved.]
The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, as required to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
§ 41-24-116. Escape From Private Prison or Facility
Section 39-16-606 shall apply to the appropriate official of a prison or facility operated by a private prison contractor when any inmate housed in the prison or facility escapes from the private contractor prison or facility.