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Tennessee Code Title 7. Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities § 7-51-1114

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) No operator, entertainer or employee of an adult-oriented establishment, either on the premises or in relation to the person's role as an operator, entertainer, or employee of an adult-oriented establishment, shall permit to be performed, offer to perform, perform, or allow patrons to perform sexual intercourse or oral or anal copulation or other contact stimulation of the genitalia.

(b) No operator, entertainer or employee of an adult-oriented establishment shall encourage or permit any person upon the premises to touch, caress or fondle the breasts, buttocks, anus or genitals of any operator, entertainer or employee.

(c) No entertainer, employee, or customer shall be permitted to have any physical contact with any other on the premises during any performance and all performances shall only occur upon a stage at least eighteen inches (18″) above the immediate floor level and removed at least six feet (6′) from the nearest entertainer, employee, or customer.

(d)(1) No employee or entertainer, while on the premises of an adult-oriented establishment, may:

(A) Engage in sexual intercourse;

(B) Engage in deviant sexual conduct;

(C) Appear in a state of nudity; or

(D) Fondle such person's own genitals or those of another.

(2) For the purpose of this section, “nudity” means the showing of the human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering, the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple, or the showing of the covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.

(e) If the license holder operates an escort bureau, such bureau shall not be operated as a sexually-oriented escort bureau as defined in this part.

(f) No permit holder of an escort bureau shall conduct oneself as a sexually-oriented escort as defined in this part.

(g) No license holder shall advertise that such license holder offers sexual stimulation or sexual gratification as defined in this part.

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