The department of health is authorized to establish and maintain a system of poison control centers in Tennessee that: Serves public and health care professionals in urban and rural areas; Designates regions within the network; and Designates regional poison control centers within the network.
The commissioner of health may consider the following criteria in designating regional control centers: Compliance or expected compliance with the state poison control standards; Location in relation to the geographical distribution of persons served; Whether the facility is presently providing poison control services; and The capacity of such providers to deliver and coordinate poison prevention […]
No person or persons, business, agency, organization or other entity, whether public or private, may hold itself out as providing a poison advice service or use the term “poison control center,” “poison center,” or any other term that implies that it is qualified to provide advice on the treatment of poison exposures in its advertising, […]
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: 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 regional poison control center may provide the services described in § 68-141-104, either directly or through contract with other facilities or agencies. Appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure the confidentiality of information about individuals to whom treatment for poison exposures is provided in accordance with guidelines established by the commissioner of health.
The commissioner of health may appoint the members of the Tennessee poison control network advisory committee, which is created to advise the department on matters pertaining to the designation, standards and coordination of regional poison control centers participating in the Tennessee poison control network. The committee shall consist of no more than nine (9) members, […]
No act done or omitted in good faith while performing duties as a medical director, consultant, or specialist in poison information of a regional poison control center shall impose any liability on the poison control center, its officers, volunteers, medical directors, consultants, specialists in poison information, other employees or a person, organization or institution that […]
The commissioner of health may annually report to the general assembly findings and recommendations concerning the experience and benefits of the Tennessee poison control network.
