Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-201 (2026)

Regulations authorized

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(a) It is the responsibility of the commissioner of labor and workforce development to develop and promulgate regulations that adopt occupational safety and health standards.

(b) The commissioner may adopt as an occupational safety or health standard the federal standard relating to the same issue.

(c) The commissioner may, by regulation, promulgate, modify or revoke any occupational safety and health standard in the manner provided in the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

(d) The decision of an individual, corporation, business entity or local, state or federal government entity, or agent thereof, not to post property pursuant to § 39-17-1359, thereby allowing persons with handgun permits to carry a handgun on such property, does not constitute an occupational safety and health hazard within the jurisdiction of this chapter.

Acts 1972, ch. 561, § 6; 1977, ch. 111, § 5; T.C.A., § 50-507; Acts 1999, ch. 520, § 41; 2011, ch. 33, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 2000–2011 · leading case: Barrett v. Tennessee Occupational Saf. & Health Review Comm'n, 284 S.W.3d 784 (Tenn. 2009).

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Barrett v. Tennessee Occupational Saf. & Health Review Comm'n, 284 S.W.3d 784 (Tenn. 2009). · cites it 2× “Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 50-3-201 , -301, -307, -402.”

King v. Danek Med., Inc., 37 S.W.3d 429 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “Bellamy had alleged that as he was inspecting the conveyers and walkways for his employer, who was one of the contractors working on the construction of the Federal Express hub, he fell through a gap not marked by any barricades or warning signs in the grating of a walkway.”

Terminix Int'l Co. v. Tennessee Dep't of Labor, 77 S.W.3d 185 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “§ 50-3-201 grants authority to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“Department of Labor”) to promulgate regulations.”

Swift Roofing, Inc. v. State of Tennessee, Comm'r of Labor & Workforce Dev. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-201 (b); Tenn. Comp.”

Terminix Int'l Co. v. Dep't of Labor (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-201 grants authority to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“Department of Labor”) to promulgate regulations.”

Ann King v. Danek Med. Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “Bellamy claimed that the defendants had violated one or more of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Standards, which the Tennessee Commissioner of Labor was authorized to adopt, pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-201 (1983). One issue in Bellamy was whether the trial…”

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