11 chapters · 513 sections in this title.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-232 Present value of future installments — Deposit in trust releasing employer — Trustee to make payments
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(a) Any time after the amount of any award has been agreed upon by the parties, or found and ordered by the court, a sum of all future installments of compensation may, where death or the nature of the injury renders the amount of future payments certain, by leave of court, be pa…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-233 Enforcement powers of administrator — Promulgation of rules and regulations to implement chapter
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(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 form…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-234 Discontinuance or change in temporary disability benefits by employer — Resumption or increase of benefits
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(a) In any case when the employer has commenced paying temporary disability benefits to the employee and has then stopped or changed the benefits for any cause other than failure of an employee to submit to employer requests for reasonable medical examinations by the treating phy…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-235 Depositions by physicians — Written medical report — Admissibility — Schedule for charges
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(a) (1) If a physician refuses to make a reasonable effort to give a deposition in a workers' compensation case within ninety (90) days of receipt of notice, the employee may file a motion with the court for an order requiring the physician to give the deposition.(2) If the physi…