Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-1-113

(b) If complaints of discriminatory practices continue to be received by the office during the time the office is monitoring previously investigated complaints or during follow-up investigations, and if the office determines that the facility has continued to engage in the discriminatory practices, the office shall forward its findings to the board for licensing health care facilities for appropriate disciplinary action. The board shall have the authority to impose sanctions as provided in subsection (c) for violations of this section.

(c) The board for licensing health care facilities may deny, suspend or revoke the license issued to the health care facility for a violation of this section.

(d) In addition to the action pursuant to subsection (c) by the board, the commissioner may impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for violation of this section.

(e) Any sanction imposed upon a health care facility by the board or the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be imposed in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

(f) Implementation of this section shall be subject to funding being provided in the general appropriations act.