Section 1240-07-10-.01 - PURPOSE OF LICENSURE(1) Tennessee law requires an adult day services center to be licensed by the Department unless the center is licensed by another agency of state government and, after consultation with the other state agency, the Commissioner determines that the provisions of the other licensing body adequately regulate the center's program and that, therefore, being licensed by the Department is unnecessary(2) The primary purposes of licensure are the protection of adults who are participants in adult day services centers and the provision of day services designed to maintain or restore each adult's optimal capacity for self-care through medical or social services.(3) The following standards seek to maintain adequate health, safety and supervision of adults while in adult day services to the end that they may achieve these goals.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-07-10-.01
Original rule filed December 14, 1999; effective February 27, 2000. Repeal and new rule filed February 23, 2018; effective 5/24/2018.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-201, et seq.; and 71-2-401, et seq.