Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-14-305

(a) No person shall operate a hotel who does not hold a valid permit issued to the person by the commissioner on or before July 1 of each year.

(b) No person shall operate a public swimming pool who does not hold a valid permit issued to the person by the commissioner on or before April 1 of each year.

(c) Every person now engaged in the business of operating a hotel or public swimming pool, and every person who, upon July 1, 2015, shall engage in such a business, shall procure a permit from the commissioner for each hotel or public swimming pool so operated or proposed to be operated.

(d) Each permit for hotels shall expire on June 30 next following its issuance.

(e) Each permit for public swimming pools shall expire on March 31 next following its issuance.

(f) No permit shall be transferred from one (1) location or person to another.

(g) Permits shall be posted in a conspicuous manner.