Tennessee Code Title 55. Motor and Other Vehicles § 55-18-103

(a) The commissioner has full and complete authority to grant certificates of authorization to automobile clubs and associations, to revoke or suspend the certificates in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to promulgate rules and regulations, and to determine other services an automobile club or association may provide to its members.

(b) In determining if a certificate of authorization shall be issued, the commissioner shall take into consideration, together with all other factors, the name of the automobile club or association and, if the name will interfere with the transactions of an automobile club or association already doing business in this state or is so similar to one already appropriated as to confuse or is likely to mislead the public in any respect, the commissioner shall refuse to issue a certificate of authorization.

(c) The commissioner also has the authority to conduct hearings and to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, for the administration of this chapter.