Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-2-311
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License necessary to receive child or subsidy therefor
Official statutory text
No person shall receive a child for care in any such home or receive any payment for subsidy or for board or special needs of any child unless it has an unrevoked license issued by the department of human services within twelve (12) months preceding the payment of such subsidy or the placement of such child. Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 10; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.10 (Williams, § 4765.128); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-611.
No person shall receive a child for care in any such home or receive any payment for subsidy or for board or special needs of any child unless it has an unrevoked license issued by the department of human services within twelve (12) months preceding the payment of such subsidy or the placement of such child.
Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 10; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.10 (Williams, § 4765.128); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-611.
No person shall receive a child for care in any such home or receive any payment for subsidy or for board or special needs of any child unless it has an unrevoked license issued by the department of human services within twelve (12) months preceding the payment of such subsidy or the placement of such child.
Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 10; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.10 (Williams, § 4765.128); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-611.
Status: in_force
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