Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-2-306
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Licensed home requirements - Approval by health and fire prevention departments
Official statutory text
No such license shall be issued unless the premises are in a fit sanitary condition, and the home is equipped and staffed to provide properly for the physical, social, moral, mental, educational and religious needs of all children kept therein. The application for such license shall have been approved by the department of health and the fire prevention division of the department of commerce and insurance. Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 7; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.7 (Williams, § 4765.125); impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-606.
No such license shall be issued unless the premises are in a fit sanitary condition, and the home is equipped and staffed to provide properly for the physical, social, moral, mental, educational and religious needs of all children kept therein. The application for such license shall have been approved by the department of health and the fire prevention division of the department of commerce and insurance.
Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 7; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.7 (Williams, § 4765.125); impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-606.
No such license shall be issued unless the premises are in a fit sanitary condition, and the home is equipped and staffed to provide properly for the physical, social, moral, mental, educational and religious needs of all children kept therein. The application for such license shall have been approved by the department of health and the fire prevention division of the department of commerce and insurance.
Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 7; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.7 (Williams, § 4765.125); impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-606.
Status: in_force
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