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Commission Seeks Legal Clarification on "Tennessee-licensed" Mental-Health Provider Requirement
Summary
Legal staff briefed the commission on statutory language requiring a Tennessee-licensed mental-health provider to certify fitness for duty for prospective officers. Commissioners asked staff to research which Tennessee licenses qualify and return with guidance in January.
Commerce & Insurance legal counsel and commission legal staff reviewed statutory language cited by commissioners that pre-employment fitness-for-duty exams must be done by a "Tennessee-licensed health care provider qualified in the psychiatric or psychological field" (referenced statutes cited in discussion as section 38,806 and 8,102…
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