Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-112 (2026)
Leasing of employees to nonprofit hospital corporation
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The University of Tennessee is expressly authorized to lease employees to any nonprofit corporation created under Tennessee law for the purpose of operating a hospital with which the university is affiliated through its medical education programs. Employees leased under the authority of this section shall remain eligible for all university benefits for which they are otherwise eligible and shall be subject to termination, layoff, suspension or demotion only in accordance with university personnel policies and procedures.
- (b) An agreement for the lease of employees under the authority of subsection (a) shall be subject to the prior approval of the attorney general and reporter as to form and legality.
Acts 1998, ch. 923, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2013–2014 · leading case: Lisa Womble v. Univ. Health Sys., Inc. d/b/a Univ. of Tennessee Reg'l Med. Ctr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2014).
Lisa Womble v. Univ. Health Sys., Inc. d/b/a Univ. of Tennessee Reg'l Med. Ctr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2014). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-112 (a) (emphasis in bold added).”
Lisa Womble v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “The following personnel policies will be applied: (a) As described in Tenn. Code Ann. §49-9-112 , and only to the extent required therein, UT Hospital Employees shall be subject to -2- termination, layoff (reduction in force), suspension, or demotion only in accordance with the…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-112(a) — 1 case
Lisa Womble v. Univ. Health Sys., Inc. d/b/a Univ. of Tennessee Reg'l Med. Ctr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2014). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-112 (a) (emphasis in bold added).”
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