(a) The division of health related boards shall issue monthly a press release containing a disciplinary report, which shall list all disciplinary actions taken by each board during the prior month. The report shall list, by board, the following: (1) Name and professional address of any person disciplined the prior month;(2) Disciplinary action taken; and(3) Any civil penalty imposed.(b) The disciplinary report for the prior month shall be made available to newspapers of general circulation in each of the state's metropolitan areas, Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga and the tri-cities area composed of Bristol, Johnson City and Kingsport, by the fifteenth of each following month.Acts 1989, ch. 389, § 4.
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