Tennessee Code Title 50. Employer and Employee § 50-6-905

(a) If a construction services provider's application delivered to the bureau of workers’ compensation meets the requirements of this part, as determined by the bureau of workers’ compensation, the bureau of workers’ compensation shall file the application and:

(b) The provider shall not be exempt from the requirement of § 50-6-902(a) until the provider's application is filed by the bureau of workers’ compensation and the applicant's name and other identifying information is published on the registry. If a provider's exemption is revoked pursuant to § 50-6-908, such revocation is effective upon the provider's name and other identifying information no longer appearing on the registry after being removed by the bureau of workers’ compensation pursuant to § 50-6-908.

(c) A provider listed on the registry may correct a document filed with the bureau of workers’ compensation if the document contains an incorrect statement or was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified or acknowledged. A document shall be corrected in a manner established by the bureau of workers’ compensation.

(d) A provider listed on the registry shall maintain a current physical mailing address with the bureau of workers’ compensation. A change of address shall be made in a manner established by the bureau of workers’ compensation.

(e) Any person or representative of an entity who knowingly enters or directs a party to enter false or unauthorized information on a construction services provider's application to the bureau of workers’ compensation may be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation at the discretion of the administrator or administrator's designee.

(f) An exemption that is fraudulent, or where the exemption holder is determined to be an employee is void.

(f) Deleted by 2021 Pub.Acts, c. 189, § 10(b), eff. July 1, 2024.