0465-02-12-.02
Professional Services
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0465-02-12-.02
(1)
The facility must provide or procure assistance for persons supported in locating qualified
dental, medical, nursing and pharmaceutical care including care emergencies during hours of
the facility’s operation.
(2)
The facility must ensure that an annual physical examination is provided or procured for each
person supported (unless less often is indicated by the physician of the person supported).
Such examinations should include routine screenings (such as vision and hearing) and
laboratory examinations (such as Pap smear and blood work) as determined necessary by
the physician and special studies where the index of suspicion is high.