11 chapters · 513 sections in this title.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-204 Medical treatment, attendance and hospitalization — Release of medical records — Reports — Disputes — Reimbursement or payment of expenses — Burial expenses — Physical examinations — Pain management — Impairment ratings
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(a) (1) (A) The employer or the employer's agent shall furnish, free of charge to the employee, such medical and surgical treatment, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches, artificial members, and other reasonable and necessary apparatus, including prescription eyeglas…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-205 Period of compensation — Maximum amount — Notice of payment, change or nonpayment — Records — Notice of controversy
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(a) No compensation shall be allowed for the first seven (7) days of disability resulting from the injury, excluding the day of injury, except the benefits provided for in § 50-6-204, but if disability extends beyond that period, compensation shall commence with the eighth day af…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-207 Schedule of compensation
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(1) Temporary Total Disability. The following is the schedule of compensation to be allowed employees under this chapter:(1) Temporary Total Disability. (A) For injury producing temporary total disability, sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66⅔%) of the average weekly wages as def…
Subsequent permanent injury after sustaining previous permanent injury — Subsequent injury and vocational recovery fund — Disbursement — Settlement authority
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(a) (1) If an employee has previously sustained a permanent physical disability from any cause or origin and becomes permanently and totally disabled through a subsequent injury, the employee shall be entitled to compensation from the employee's employer or the employer's insuran…