Esheria Regulatory Atlas

Data protection in United States — Tennessee

Personal data, privacy, cybersecurity duties, processing, and cross-border transfers. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

111 matching statutes

• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 63-13-402 — Text of Compact

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  This Compact sets rules for interstate physical therapy practice, including state participation requirements, compact privilege rules, reporting duties, and Commission rulemaking and enforcement powers.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 68-215-107 — Supervision, inspection, and enforcement responsibilities

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  The commissioner oversees petroleum underground storage tank matters and can order cleanup actions; the board can make rules and approve cleanup plans only if they protect health, safety, and the environment.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 4-3-1405 — Powers of the department

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  The department of labor and workforce development has broad authority to administer workforce development programs and related functions, and it must cooperate with federal authorities and carry out certain administrative duties.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 40-11-152 — Global positioning monitoring system as a condition of bail

  1 provisions

  This section defines a global positioning monitoring system and lets a magistrate order certain defendants to use one as a bail condition, with notice, victim participation, and cost-allocation rules.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 49-6-2606 — Annual administration of (TCAP) tests for math and English language arts — Report of graduation — Parental satisfaction survey — Annual report — Audit

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  Students in the program must take annual math and English language arts tests, and the department must publish reports and TVAAS scores while following student privacy laws.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 49-7-2022 — Authorization to operate — Optional expedited authorization

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  A postsecondary institution may not operate in the state without valid commission authorization unless exempt, and eligible institutions may seek optional expedited authorization by applying and meeting the stated documentation and reporting requirements.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 37-1-406 — Availability for receiving reports — Commencement of investigations — Examination and observation of child — Reports — Services provided — Investigators — Interpreter for child who is deaf or hard of hearing

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  This section requires child-abuse reports to be received and investigated, sets investigation steps and deadlines, and restricts how children who are deaf or hard of hearing are interviewed.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 39-14-149 — Communication theft — Sale of illegal devices — Penalties — Mitigating factors — Aggravating factors — Multipurpose devices

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  This section criminalizes communication theft and lets providers sue for relief, with deadlines, damages, and device-seizure remedies.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 68-131-102 — Part definitions

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  This section defines terms used in the part and gives the commissioner regulatory powers over hazardous-substance classifications, exemptions, labeling, and related firework labeling.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 43-8-104 — Registration of products — Annual renewal — Labeling — Statement filed by registrant — Registration of brand or grade — License to sell registered brands — Refusal or cancellation of registration

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  Pesticides sold, offered for sale, or transported in the state generally must be registered with the commissioner, with some exceptions.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 35-8-102 — Chapter definitions

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  This chapter defines key terms used for digital assets, fiduciaries, users, minors, and related services.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 68-221-403 — Duties of commissioner and department — Permit approval — Subsurface sewage disposal requirements

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  The commissioner must supervise and regulate subsurface sewage disposal systems, issue and review permits, and enforce the rules. Permit decisions must be made within 45 days after all needed information is received, and denials need a written explanation.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 39-14-150 — Identity theft victims' rights

  1 provisions

  This section defines identity theft-related offenses and requires businesses to dispose of customer personal identifying information using approved destruction methods.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 59-8-117 — Civil penalty — Notice of proposed assessment — Hearing — Appeal —Recovery of assessment or violation — Violations — Correction of violation. [Contingent effective date, see Compiler's Notes.]

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  This section lets the commissioner assess civil penalties for certain coal mining violations, sets notice, hearing, appeal, escrow, and collection procedures, and creates felony offenses for some willful or knowing violations.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 71-5-143 — TennCare advisory commission — Composition — Purpose — Expert assistance — Confidentiality — Conflict — Compensation

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  The governor appoints the TennCare advisory commission, which gives recommendations, keeps its work confidential, and members are unpaid.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 63-1-117 — Conditions for making medical records available for inspection and copying — No application to records statutorily privileged — Immunity from liability — Compelling production of medical records — Disciplinary action — Confidentiality of disciplinary proceedings — Access to records during public health threat

  1 provisions

  Health care providers must give the Department of Health access to medical records when the section’s conditions are met, and some privileged or investigation materials remain protected.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 67-6-102 — Chapter definitions — Definitions applicable for taxation of charges for mobile telecommunications services. [Effective until July 1, 2021. See the version effective on July 1, 2021.]

  3 provisions

  This subsection defines many terms used in the chapter, including advertising, business, delivery charges, marketplace facilitator, and lease or rental.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 68-140-602 — Compact. [Contingent implementation date. See Section 14.]

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  This compact lets licensed EMS personnel practice across member states, but only if they meet compact conditions and remain subject to state discipline and reporting rules.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 58-2-701 — Interstate Earthquake Compact of 1988

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  This compact sets up interstate mutual aid for earthquake emergencies, including planning, information sharing, aid recognition, reimbursement, and withdrawal rules.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 37-4-101 — Interstate Compact for Juveniles

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  This section creates the Interstate Compact for Juveniles, directs the governor to execute the compact contract, and sets rules for interstate cooperation, commission powers, reporting, and enforcement.

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