The department shall maintain a tuberculosis register system and conduct epidemiologic studies of the conditions existing within the state, regarding the prevalence, prevention, treatment and cure of tuberculosis. It shall compile data from the register system and the studies and keep a record of the data, to the end that the disease may be more effectually combated.Acts 1971, ch. 210, § 11; 1977, ch. 145, § 6; T.C.A., § 53-1030.
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