Tennessee Code Title 43. Agriculture and Horticulture § 43-8-308

(a) This part does not apply to local, state, or federal government aerial operations nor where legitimate agricultural experiments are being conducted as recognized by the commissioner, nor shall this part apply where a landowner wishes to make an application of pesticides with the landowner's personally owned aircraft on the landowner's personally owned land.

(b) The exemptions enumerated in this section do not apply to any user of pesticides that have been designated for restricted use.