68-1-801 - Definitions.
68-1-801. Definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Commissioner means the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designated representative;
(2) Committee means the perinatal advisory committee;
(3) Department means the department of health; and
(4) Perinatal means the period from time of conception through the first year of life of the infant and sixty (60) days post partum for the mother.
[Acts 1974, ch. 645, § 1; 1977, ch. 327, § 1; T.C.A., § 53-127.]