(a) The committee established by the department of health in response to chapter 323 of the Public Acts of 2005, known as the infections taskforce, shall continue to meet at least semiannually to focus on strategies and recommendations for the prevention and control of antibiotic resistant infections including methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The taskforce, in collaboration with the division of communicable and environmental diseases of the department of health, shall review aggregate data on incidence and trends for invasive MRSA in Tennessee as reported to the department of health in accordance with § 68-1-104 in formulating their reports and recommendations.(b) The department of health and the infections taskforce shall collectively issue a progress report on MRSA to the general assembly each year for three (3) years beginning in 2008. Acts 2007 , ch. 157, § 1. (a) The committee established by the department of health in response to chapter 323 of the Public Acts of 2005, known as the infections taskforce, shall continue to meet at least semiannually to focus on strategies and recommendations for the prevention and control of antibiotic resistant infections including methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The taskforce, in collaboration with the division of communicable and environmental diseases of the department of health, shall review aggregate data on incidence and trends for invasive MRSA in Tennessee as reported to the department of health in accordance with § 68-1-104 in formulating their reports and recommendations.(b) The department of health and the infections taskforce shall collectively issue a progress report on MRSA to the general assembly each year for three (3) years beginning in 2008. Acts 2007 , ch. 157, § 1.
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