Qualifications of applicants

Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-35-106, under Private Protective Services Licensing and Regulatory Act.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-35-106

(1) Each individual applicant or, if the applicant is a partnership, each partner or, if the applicant is a corporation, the qualifying agent, must:(1) Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;(2) [Deleted by 2026 amendment.](3) Not have been declared by any court of competent jurisdiction incompetent by reason of mental defect or disease unless a court of competent jurisdiction has since declared the applicant competent;(4) Not be suffering from habitual drunkenness or narcotics addiction or dependence;(5) Be of good moral character; and(6) (A) Possess at least three (3) years of experience as a manager, supervisor or administrator with a contract security company or proprietary security organization;(B) Possess at least three (3) years of experience satisfactory to the commissioner with any federal, United States military, state, county or municipal law enforcement agency; or(C) Pass an examination to be administered at least twice annually by the commissioner, designed to measure knowledge and competence in the contract security company business.

(1) Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

(2) [Deleted by 2026 amendment.]

(3) Not have been declared by any court of competent jurisdiction incompetent by reason of mental defect or disease unless a court of competent jurisdiction has since declared the applicant competent;

(4) Not be suffering from habitual drunkenness or narcotics addiction or dependence;

(5) Be of good moral character; and

(6) (A) Possess at least three (3) years of experience as a manager, supervisor or administrator with a contract security company or proprietary security organization;(B) Possess at least three (3) years of experience satisfactory to the commissioner with any federal, United States military, state, county or municipal law enforcement agency; or(C) Pass an examination to be administered at least twice annually by the commissioner, designed to measure knowledge and competence in the contract security company business.

(A) Possess at least three (3) years of experience as a manager, supervisor or administrator with a contract security company or proprietary security organization;

(B) Possess at least three (3) years of experience satisfactory to the commissioner with any federal, United States military, state, county or municipal law enforcement agency; or

(C) Pass an examination to be administered at least twice annually by the commissioner, designed to measure knowledge and competence in the contract security company business.