Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-404 (2026)
Teachers - Physical examination
✓ current as of May 2026
No person who has any contagious or communicable disease in a form that might endanger the health of school children shall teach in any school, and any teacher must submit to a physical examination by competent physicians when so required by the local board of education.
Acts 1925, ch. 115, § 8; Shan. Supp., § 1487a48; Code 1932, § 2337; Acts 1974, ch. 654, § 62; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-1302.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Doe a v. Coffee Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 852 S.W.2d 899 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992).
Doe a v. Coffee Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 852 S.W.2d 899 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-404 (1990) requires teachers to undergo a physical examination when required by a local board of education.”
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