71-1-102 - Part definitions.
71-1-102. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Commissioner means the commissioner of human services;
(2) Department means the department of human services;
(3) Director means the director of a division within the department;
(4) Division means one (1) of the divisions created within the department of human services for the purposes of administration;
(5) Region means one (1) or more counties grouped for the purpose of local administration; and
(6) Regional director means the director of a region.
[Acts 1937, ch. 48, § 14; 1939, ch. 95, § 8; C. Supp. 1950, § 4765.3 (Williams, § 4765.1); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, §§ 1 (a, b), 2 (a, b); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-102, 14-1-102.]