Title 68, Health, Safety and Environmental Protection

(a) Notwithstanding any provision, regulation, ruling or other administrative promulgation by any agency, board, or commission of this state, or a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, and notwithstanding any such promulgation by an official or emplo…

(1) No newly constructed one-family or two-family dwelling shall be approved for connection of electric service on a permanent basis under § 68-102-143, unless the dwelling is equipped with a smoke alarm that has been:(1) Listed in accordance with the standards of Underwriters La…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Apartment building”:(A) Means any building containing three (3) or more living units with independent cooking and bathroom facilities, whether designated as an apartment house, tenement, or garden apartment, or by any other name; and(B) Does not i…

(a) (1) All municipal, county and state employed fire prevention and building officials having jurisdiction to enforce this chapter shall receive certification from the state fire marshal before enforcing applicable building and fire codes. An application for certification shall …

Notwithstanding Tenn. Comp. R & Regs. R. 0780-02-01-.13, or any other law to the contrary, when heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment is located in the attic of a dwelling unit, a ladder, pulldown stairs, or steps shall not be required to be permanently insta…

(a) A natural gas installation that dispenses compressed natural gas from a storage container or a distribution pipeline by means of a compressor or pressure booster into a fuel supply container or into a portable container shall comply with the appropriate equipment qualificatio…

(a) Notwithstanding the provision of § 68-120-101, or any other law to the contrary, the state fire marshal's office may be utilized to hear an appeal and issue a ruling, regarding a building or fire code issue that involves a county building located within a city, when a conflic…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Agency” means any county, city, or town employing a building official certified pursuant to § 68-120-113;(2) “Building official” means any local government building official certified pursuant to § 68-120-113…

(a) (1) (A) All persons entering into employment after July 1, 2008, as a municipal, county or state employed plumbing inspector or mechanical inspector, or both, having jurisdiction to enforce this chapter shall receive certification from the state fire marshal before enforcing …

(a) (1) This section applies to any:(A) Public building constructed by the state or its political subdivisions on or after July 1, 2017;(B) Existing public building for which exterior or interior renovations to any area intended for use by the general public are approved by the s…

(a) A public or private entity or business that operates a building or facility open to the general public and that, as a matter of formal or informal policy, allows a member of either biological sex to use any public restroom within the building or facility shall post notice of …

(a) Each child care agency, as defined in § 71-3-501, in this state shall have installed in each room of the child care agency where care is provided to children a carbon monoxide alarm that is listed according to the International Building Code and International Fire Code for th…

Except as otherwise provided in this section, for an inspection of new construction or the renovation of an existing building that must be conducted by the state fire marshal or another state agency, department, or entity, the state fire marshal or appropriate state entity shall …

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Public Buildings Accessibility Act.”

It is declared to be the policy of the state of Tennessee to make all public buildings accessible to and functional for persons who have a physical disability.

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Physical disability” means having a disability on account of sight disabilities, hearing disabilities, disabilities of incoordination, disabilities of aging, and any other disability that significantly reduces m…

(a) (1) Any public building that is constructed, enlarged, or substantially altered or repaired after July 1, 2012, shall be designed and constructed pursuant to specifications, approved by the responsible authority, making such building accessible to, and usable by, persons who …

(a) The responsible authority shall be responsible for the enforcement of this part as to any public building. (b) Any unauthorized deviation from these standards and specifications shall be rectified by full compliance within one hundred twenty (120) days after discovery of the …

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Hazardous locations” means those installations, glazed or to be glazed in commercial and public buildings, known as framed or unframed glass entrance doors; and those installations, glazed or to be glazed in res…

Each light of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, or sold for use in hazardous locations or installed in such a location within this state shall be permanently labeled by such means as etching, sandblasting, firing of ceramic material on the safety glazin…

It is unlawful within this state to knowingly sell, fabricate, assemble, glaze, install, consent or cause to be installed, glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in, or for use in, any hazardous location in this state.

No liability under this part shall be created as to workers who are employees of a contractor, subcontractor, or other employer responsible for compliance with this part.

A violation of this part is a Class C misdemeanor.

Whenever this part conflicts with any local, municipal or county ordinance or resolution, or parts thereof, the more stringent shall apply.

The commissioner of commerce and insurance shall promulgate rules setting forth departmental procedures for resolving disputes regarding the interpretation and application of building and construction safety standards adopted pursuant to § 68-120-101 that arise during the review …

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Equitable Restrooms Act.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Facilities where the public congregates” means sports and entertainment arenas, musical amphitheatres, stadiums, community and convention halls, specialty event centers, amusement facilities, fairgrounds, zoos, …

(a) Publicly and privately owned facilities where the public congregates shall be equipped with sufficient temporary or permanent restrooms to meet the needs of the public at peak hours. More water closets shall be provided for women than for men. Such facilities shall be approve…

This part applies to publicly and privately-owned facilities where the public congregates that are constructed, structurally altered or renovated after May 9, 1994. Implementation of this part shall be based upon contracts for design or construction signed on or after the effecti…

(1) This part does not apply to the following:(1) A hotel;(2) A food establishment;(3) A state or local park with a seating capacity for less than two hundred fifty (250) persons, or a higher education facility with a seating capacity for less than two hundred fifty (250) persons…

The responsible authority is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

(a) The state's share of the cost pursuant to the Constitution of Tennessee, Article II, § 24, for any increased expenditure required by a county or municipality by this part shall be provided from the increase in unallocated tax revenue of state-shared taxes enumerated in § 9-4-…

(a) All football stadiums that are under design, planned for construction or newly constructed during or after 1996 and that are not high school football stadiums, shall comply with § 68-120-503, so that more water closets are provided for women than for men. (b) This section sha…

Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, publicly and privately owned facilities where the public congregates shall be allowed to have trough systems with continuously running water in restroom facilities for men.

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Aerial passenger tramways” means recreational transportation of passengers on devices that are usually referred to by the following names:(A) Reversible Aerial Tramways. That class of aerial passenger tramway…

(a) (1) There is created the elevator and amusement device safety board, consisting of eight (8) members appointed by the governor. The focus of five (5) members of the board shall be for elevator safety, the focus of two (2) members shall be amusement device safety, and the focu…

(a) It is the duty of the board to license elevator inspectors as provided in this chapter, and the board has the power and it is its duty to consult with engineering authorities and organizations studying and developing safety codes, including the American Standards Association,…

(a) Except where otherwise provided, the department has the power, and it is its duty, to enforce this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated by the board. (b) The department shall exercise enforcement over moving walks in the same manner and to the same extent as prov…

Within sixty (60) days after the date of adoption by the board of rules and regulations under § 68-121-103, the owner or lessee of every existing elevator, dumbwaiter and escalator shall register with the department each elevator, dumbwaiter or escalator owned or operated by such…

(1) All new, altered and existing elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators, except dormant elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators, shall be tested and inspected in accordance with the following schedule:(1) (A) Initial Inspection Test of New or Altered Installations. Every new or alt…

(a) It is unlawful to operate any elevator, dumbwaiter, or escalator without a valid operating permit issued in accordance with this section. If an inspection report indicates compliance with this chapter, the commissioner shall issue an operating permit to the owner or lessee of…

(a) Plans and Specifications. On and after the effective date of the rules and regulations adopted by the board under § 68-121-103, detailed plans and specifications of each elevator, dumbwaiter or escalator to be thereafter installed, relocated or altered shall be submitted to t…

(a) Every elevator, dumbwaiter and escalator shall be maintained by the owner or lessee in a safe operating condition and so that it conforms to the rules and requirements of the board as adopted under § 68-121-103. (b) Every aerial passenger tramway shall be maintained by the ow…

(a) No person shall be licensed as an elevator inspector to inspect elevators, escalators or new or altered dumbwaiters, unless the person is an employee of the state authorized to inspect elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters or an employee authorized to inspect elevators, escal…

This chapter shall not have the effect of replacing any municipal law or ordinance in municipalities having regulations controlling the design, construction, location, installation, inspection and operation of elevators, dumbwaiters or escalators where such local laws, ordinances…

(a) Any person aggrieved by an order or act of the commissioner or department under this chapter may, within fifteen (15) days after notice thereof, appeal from such order or act to the board. (b) The board shall hear the appeal in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Proce…