Tennessee Code Title 50. Employer and Employee § 50-6-307

(a)(1) When an employee, or prospective employee, though not incapacitated for work, is found to be affected by or susceptible to a specific occupational disease, the employee or prospective employee may, subject to the approval of the workers' compensation bureau of the department of labor and workforce development, be permitted to waive in writing compensation for any aggravation of the employee's or prospective employee's condition that may result from the employee's or prospective employee's working or continuing to work in the same or similar occupation for the same employer or for another employer; provided, that this provision shall not apply to specific occupational diseases on which waivers are prohibited by the federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (30 U.S.C. § 901 et seq.).

(2) All provisions of this chapter, with respect to accidents shall be applicable to the coverage provided in this part for occupational diseases, except as otherwise provided in this part.