Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-233 (2026)
Enforcement powers of administrator - Promulgation of rules and regulations to implement chapter
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a)
- (1) There is conferred upon the administrator the power to enforce this chapter that relate to the assurance of payments of the awards under this chapter.
- (2) In no event shall the bureau of workers' compensation charge a fee or impose a cost for any necessary or required forms needed to process a workers' compensation claim.
- (b) In addition to the rulemaking authority granted in § 50-6-118, and subsection (a), the administrator or the commissioner of commerce and insurance, as appropriate, may promulgate rules and regulations implementing this chapter. The rules and regulations shall be promulgated pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
Acts 1919, ch. 123, § 46; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 2, 50; Shan. Supp., § 3608a196; Code 1932, § 6900; Acts 1941, ch. 90, § 12; C. Supp. 1950, § 6900; Acts 1972, ch. 699, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1980, ch. 534, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 50-1028; Acts 1983, ch. 215, § 3; 1992, ch. 900, § 3; 1999, ch. 242, § 2; 1999, ch. 265, § 3; 1999, ch. 520, § 41, 2006, ch. 687, § 1; 2013, ch. 289, § 73; 2015, ch. 341, § 15; 2017, ch. 344, § 8.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2013–2022 · leading case: Christopher Furlough v. Spherion Atl. Workforce, LLC, 397 S.W.3d 114 (Tenn. 2013).
Christopher Furlough v. Spherion Atl. Workforce, LLC, 397 S.W.3d 114 (Tenn. 2013). “As authorized by the Legislature, the Department has adopted regulations creating the benefit review conference process, Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-233(a)(3), (c)(2) (2008), and these regulations have the force and effect of law.”
Scruggs, Carla v. Amazon.com Servs., LLC, 2022 TN WC App. 43 (Tenn. Work. Comp. App. Bd. 2022). “Thereafter, in Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-233, the legislature provided the Administrator with additional authority as follows: (a)(1) There is conferred upon the administrator the power to enforce this chapter that relate[s] to the assurance of payments of the awards…”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-233(a)(3): 1 case
Christopher Furlough v. Spherion Atl. Workforce, LLC, 397 S.W.3d 114 (Tenn. 2013). “As authorized by the Legislature, the Department has adopted regulations creating the benefit review conference process, Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-233(a)(3), (c)(2) (2008), and these regulations have the force and effect of law.”
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