4-6-110 - Dentists Appointment and removal.
4-6-110. Dentists Appointment and removal.
The commissioner of the department having control of the mental health facilities, the James M. Taft Youth Center, the Spencer Youth Center, the Tennessee Vocational School for Girls, the state penitentiary, and the Brushy Mountain state penitentiary shall appoint a dentist, or may appoint dentists, whose duty it is to do the necessary dental work for the patients or inmates of such of these institutions as may be under the commissioner's administration. Such dentist or dentists may at any time be removed by the commissioner for just cause. Only dentists who are licensed to practice dentistry in this state shall be eligible for appointment.
[Acts 1919, ch. 173, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 17, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1921, ch. 4, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 2, 3, 5, 42; Shan. Supp., § 2642a54; mod. Code 1932, § 4567; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 17, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 220, § 1; modified; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 90, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 131, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-620; Acts 2003, ch. 355, § 21.]