Requirements For Facilities Providing Client Transportation

SERVICES. If the facility or employees of the facility provide transportation to clients in vehicles owned either by the facility or by the employee, then the governing body must ensure that the following requirements are met: (a) All vehicles must be maintained and operated in a safe manner; (b) All staff providing transportation must possess an appropriate driver’s license from the Tennessee Department of Safety, and documentation of such license must be maintained in the facility’s records; (c) All facility-owned and staff-owned vehicles for client transportation must be adequately covered by vehicular liability insurance for personal injury to occupants of the vehicle, and documentation of such insurance must be maintained in the facility’s records; and (d) Appropriate safety restraints must be used as required by state and federal law.