Tennessee Code Title 50. Employer and Employee § 50-1-316

(1) “Employee” means an individual who performs services for a public safety employer for valuable consideration, or on a volunteer basis, and does not include a self-employed independent contractor;

(2) “Public safety employer” means an individual or entity that employs one (1) or more employees and includes this state and political subdivisions of this state and that requires an employee or prospective employee to submit to a mental health evaluation as a condition of employment or prospective employment in a public safety position;

(3) “Public safety position” means employment in a position or job type that has as a primary focus the protection of persons or property, or the enforcement of laws, apprehension of criminals, or the prevention of crime, and includes:

(4) “Qualified mental health professional” means a qualified mental health professional, as defined in § 33-1-101, who is authorized within the professional's lawful scope of practice to administer a mental health evaluation for purposes of employment in a public safety position.

(1) The prospective employee must be granted reasonable access to the results of the evaluation or screening according to subsection (b);

(2) The public safety employer must permit the prospective employee to submit the results of an alternative, equivalent mental health evaluation or screening conducted by a qualified mental health professional, conducted at the prospective employee's expense;  and

(3) The public safety employer may reevaluate the prospective employee using the submitted alternative mental health evaluation or screening.