Section 1200-17-02-.03 - ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES(1) Fees will be established by the Department according to determinable costs incurred in providing services. If the determinable costs cannot be established, fees will be based upon a reasonable alternative method approved by the Commissioner.(2) The Commissioner may establish a minimum charge which shall be applied to some or all services, regardless of the sliding fee scale established in section 1200-17-2-.05. A metropolitan health department may establish a minimum charge which shall be applied to some or all services.(3) Fees may be waived by the Commissioner, if doing so would promote and protect the health, safety, or welfare of the public.(4) A metropolitan health department may establish fees that are different from those set by the Commissioner in accordance with these rules and regulations, if the fees are established according to the following standards: (a) the fees established do not exceed the cost of providing the services;(b) the fees are established by an ordinance enacted by the appropriate municipal and/or county legislative governing body or the fees are adopted by the County Board of Health in accordance with T.C.A. § 68-2-601;(c) the listing of fees is submitted to the Department; and(d) the fee structure includes a sliding fee scale based on the patient or family income as a percentage of the federal poverty guidelines.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-17-02-.03
Original rule filed January 26, 1990; effective March 12, 1990. Amendment filed August 29, 1991; effective October 13, 1991. Repealed and new rule filed September 29, 1999; effective December 8, 1999. (Formerly rule 1200-17-2-.04 ).Authority: T.C.A. §§ 68-1-103, 68-1-301 et seq., 68-1-401, 68-1-702, 68-1-804(7), 68-2-601, 68-5-105, 68-5-603, 68-9-112, 68-12-103, 68-12-104, 68-41-104, 68-49-103, 4-3-1802, 4-3-1803(1), 4-3-1803(6), 4-3-1803(9), 4-3-1803(10), 4-3-1803(11), and 4-5-202.