Tennessee Code Title 45. Banks and Financial Institutions § 45-13-303

(a) No mortgage loan originator license issued under this part is considered active unless the individual has also been sponsored by a licensed mortgage lender or mortgage loan broker or by a registrant in accordance with the Industrial Loan and Thrift Companies Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title. A mortgage loan originator is prohibited from providing origination services with an inactive license. No mortgage loan originator may be sponsored by more than one (1) person at the same time, and the provision of origination services for a person that has not properly sponsored the mortgage loan originator shall constitute a violation of this chapter. Subsections (b)-(e) shall not apply to a mortgage loan originator that is properly sponsored by a registrant under the Industrial Loan and Thrift Companies Act.

(b) To sponsor a mortgage loan originator, a mortgage lender or mortgage loan broker must file with the commissioner the form that the commissioner prescribes and pay to the commissioner a nonrefundable sponsorship fee of one hundred dollars ($100), which fee may be decreased or increased by rule of the commissioner. Upon determining that the individual is duly licensed and not sponsored by any other person, the commissioner shall authorize the sponsorship, which may be done electronically or in writing, or both. A mortgage loan originator sponsorship terminates if the sponsoring mortgage lender or mortgage loan broker's license expires or is revoked or otherwise terminates or if the mortgage loan originator ceases providing services for such company. A mortgage loan originator sponsorship does not terminate if the mortgage loan originator changes from one (1) branch office of the sponsoring mortgage lender or mortgage loan broker to another branch office of the same company. Upon any change in the mortgage loan originator's office, the sponsoring mortgage lender or mortgage loan broker shall notify the commissioner in writing within fourteen (14) days of the change.

(c) Should a mortgage loan originator sponsorship terminate, the mortgage loan originator's license shall become inactive, but shall not expire so long as the mortgage loan originator continues to meet the requirements for licensure and renewal of licensure. An inactive license is reactivated if the mortgage loan originator obtains a new sponsorship under this section or under the Industrial Loan and Thrift Companies Act. The commissioner may not approve a new sponsorship unless and until the commissioner has been notified that any prior sponsorship has terminated.

(d) The sponsoring mortgage lender or mortgage loan broker shall ensure that:

(e) The sponsoring mortgage lender or mortgage loan broker is responsible for and shall supervise the acts of each sponsored mortgage loan originator.