Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-6-5002

(b)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), out-of-state immunization records evidencing a child's immunization against the diseases designated by the commissioner of health for purposes of § 49-6-5001(a) are sufficient to permit a child to attend a public school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool, or child care facility in this state.

(2) A parent of a child immunized in another state against the diseases designated by the commissioner must provide the department of health with the child's out-of-state immunization records for the parent's child to be permitted to attend a public school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool, or child care facility in this state.

(3) The department shall not require a parent of a child immunized in another state to present the child for medical evaluation in this state in order for the child to obtain a certificate of immunization.

(4) This subsection (b) only applies to a natural or adopted child or stepchild of a member of the armed forces engaged in active military service of the United States or a member of the Tennessee national guard engaged in active military service of the United States.