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TN Code § 4-5-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-310. Intervention

  The administrative judge or hearing officer shall grant one (1) or more petitions for intervention if:  The petition is submitted in writing to the administrative judge or hearing officer, with copies mailed to all parties named in the notice of the hearing, at least seven (7) days before the hearing;   The petition states facts demonstrating that the petitioner's legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities or other legal interest may be determined in the proceeding or that the petitioner qualifies as an intervenor under any law; and   The administrative judge or hearing officer determines that the interests of justice and the orderly and prompt conduct of the proceedings shall not be impaired by allowing the intervention.     The agency may grant one (1) or more petitions for intervention at any time, upon determining that the intervention sought is in the interests of justice and shall not impair the orderly and prompt conduct of the proceedings.   If a petitioner qualifies for intervention, the administrative judge or hearing officer may impose conditions upon the intervenor's participation in the proceedings, either at the time that intervention is granted or at any subsequent time. Conditions may include:  Limiting the intervenor's participation to designated issues in which the intervenor has a particular interest demonstrated by the petition;   Limiting the intervenor's use of discovery, cross-examination and other procedures so as to promote the orderly and prompt conduct of the proceedings; and   Requiring two (2) or more intervenors to combine their presentations of evidence and argument, cross-examination, discovery and other participation in the proceedings.     The administrative judge, hearing officer or agency, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the hearing, shall render an order granting or denying each pending petition for intervention, specifying any conditions, and briefly stating the reasons for the order. The administrative judge, hearing officer or agency may modify the order at any time, stating the reasons for the modification. The administrative judge, hearing officer or agency shall promptly give notice of an order granting, denying or modifying intervention to the petitioner for intervention and to all parties.
TN Code § 4-5-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-311. Discovery — Subpoenas — Protective Orders

  The administrative judge or hearing officer, at the request of any party, shall issue subpoenas, effect discovery, and issue protective orders, in accordance with the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, except that service in contested cases may be by certified mail in addition to means of service provided by the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure. The administrative judge or hearing officer shall decide any objection relating to discovery under this chapter or the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure. Witnesses under subpoena shall be entitled to the same fees as are now or may hereafter be provided for witnesses in civil actions in the circuit court and, unless otherwise provided by law or by action of the agency, the party requesting the subpoenas shall bear the cost of paying fees to the witnesses subpoenaed.   In case of disobedience to any subpoena issued and served under this section or to any lawful agency requirement for information, or of the refusal of any person to testify in any matter regarding which such person may be interrogated lawfully in a proceeding before an agency, the agency may apply to the circuit or chancery court of the county of such person's residence, or to any judge or chancellor thereof, for an order to compel compliance with the subpoena or the furnishing of information or the giving of testimony. Forthwith, the court shall cite the respondent to appear and shall hear the matter as expeditiously as possible. If the disobedience or refusal is found to be unlawful, the court shall enter an order requiring compliance. Disobedience of such order shall be punished as contempt of court in the same manner and by the same procedure as is provided for like conduct committed in the course of judicial proceedings.   The agency may promulgate rules to further prevent abuse and oppression in discovery.   Any party to a contested case shall have the right to inspect the files of the agency with respect to the matter and to copy therefrom, except that records, the confidentiality of which is protected by law, may not be inspected.
TN Code § 4-5-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-312. Procedure at Hearing

  The administrative judge or hearing officer shall regulate the course of the proceedings, in conformity with the prehearing order if any.   To the extent necessary for full disclosure of all relevant facts and issues, the administrative judge or hearing officer shall afford to all parties the opportunity to respond, present evidence and argument, conduct cross-examination, and submit rebuttal evidence, except as restricted by a limited grant of intervention or by the prehearing order.   In the discretion of the administrative judge or hearing officer and agency members and by agreement of the parties, all or part of the hearing may be conducted by telephone, television or other electronic means, if each participant in the hearing has an opportunity to participate in, to hear, and, if technically feasible, to see the entire proceedings while taking place.   The hearing shall be open to public observation pursuant to title 8, chapter 44, unless otherwise provided by state or federal law. To the extent that a hearing is conducted by telephone, television or other electronic means, the availability of public observation shall be satisfied by giving members of the public an opportunity, at reasonable times, to hear the tape recording and to inspect any transcript obtained by the agency, except as otherwise provided by § 50-7-701.
TN Code § 4-5-314 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-314. Final Order — Initial Order

  An agency with statutory authority to decide a contested case shall render a final order.   If an administrative judge or hearing officer hears a case alone under § 4-5-301(a)(2), the administrative judge or hearing officer shall render an initial order, which shall become a final order unless reviewed in accordance with § 4-5-315.   A final order, initial order or decision under § 50-7-304 shall include conclusions of law, the policy reasons therefor, and findings of fact for all aspects of the order, including the remedy prescribed and, if applicable, the action taken on a petition for stay of effectiveness. Findings of fact, if set forth in language that is no more than mere repetition or paraphrase of the relevant provision of law, shall be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement of the underlying facts of record to support the findings. The final order, initial order or decision must also include a statement of the available procedures and time limits for seeking reconsideration or other administrative relief and the time limits for seeking judicial review of the final order. An initial order or decision shall include a statement of any circumstances under which the initial order or decision may, without further notice, become a final order.   Findings of fact shall be based exclusively upon the evidence of record in the adjudicative proceeding and on matters officially noticed in that proceeding. The agency member's experience, technical competence and specialized knowledge may be utilized in the evaluation of evidence.   If an individual serving or designated to serve as an administrative judge, hearing officer or agency member becomes unavailable, for any reason, before rendition of the final order or initial order or decision, a substitute shall be appointed as provided in § 4-5-302. The substitute shall use any existing record and may conduct any further proceedings as is appropriate in the interest of justice.   The administrative judge or hearing officer may allow the parties a designated amount of time after conclusion of the hearing for the submission of proposed findings.   A final order rendered pursuant to subsection (a) or initial order rendered pursuant to subsection (b) shall be rendered in writing within ninety (90) days after conclusion of the hearing or after submission of proposed findings in accordance with subsection (f) unless such period is waived or extended with the written consent of all parties or for good cause shown.   The agency shall cause copies of the final order under subsection (a) and the administrative judge or hearing officer shall cause copies of the initial order under subsection (b) to be delivered to each party.
TN Code § 4-5-316 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-316. Stay

 A party may submit to the agency a petition for stay of effectiveness of an initial or final order within seven (7) days after its entry unless otherwise provided by statute or stated in the initial or final order. The agency may take action on the petition for stay, either before or after the effective date of the initial or final order.
TN Code § 4-5-317 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-317. Reconsideration

  Any party, within fifteen (15) days after entry of an initial or final order, may file a petition for reconsideration, stating the specific grounds upon which relief is requested. However, the filing of the petition shall not be a prerequisite for seeking administrative or judicial review.   The petition shall be disposed of by the same person or persons who rendered the initial or final order, if available.   The person or persons who rendered the initial or final order that is the subject of the petition, shall, within twenty (20) days of receiving the petition, enter a written order either denying the petition, granting the petition and setting the matter for further proceedings; or granting the petition and issuing a new order, initial or final, in accordance with § 4-5-314. If no action has been taken on the petition within twenty (20) days, the petition shall be deemed to have been denied.   An order granting the petition and setting the matter for further proceedings shall state the extent and scope of the proceedings, which shall be limited to argument upon the existing record, and no new evidence shall be introduced unless the party proposing such evidence shows good cause for such party's failure to introduce the evidence in the original proceeding.   The sixty-day period for a party to file a petition for review of a final order shall be tolled by granting the petition and setting the matter for further proceedings, and a new sixty-day period shall start to run upon disposition of the petition for reconsideration by issuance of a final order by the agency.
TN Code § 4-5-318 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-318. Effectiveness of New Order

  Unless a later date is stated in an initial or final order, or a stay is granted, an initial or final order shall become effective upon entry of the initial or final order. All initial and final orders shall state when the order is entered and effective.   If the agency has utilized an administrative judge from the administrative procedures division of the office of the secretary of state, the initial or final order shall not be deemed entered until the initial or final order has been filed with the administrative procedures division.   The agency shall establish which agency members, officials or employees may sign final orders rendered by the agency.   A party may not be required to comply with a final order unless the final order has been mailed to the last known address of the party or unless the party has actual knowledge of the final order.   A nonparty may not be required to comply with a final order unless the agency has made the final order available for public inspection and copying or unless the nonparty has actual knowledge of the final order.   Unless a later date is stated in an initial order or a stay is granted, the time when an initial order becomes a final order in accordance with § 4-5-314 shall be as follows:  When the initial order is entered, if administrative review is unavailable;   When the agency enters an order stating, after a petition for appeal has been filed, that review will not be exercised, if discretion is available to make a determination to this effect; or   Fifteen (15) days after entry of the initial order, if no party has filed a petition for appeal and the agency has not given written notice of its intention to exercise review.     An initial order that becomes a final order in accordance with subsection (f) and § 4-5-314 shall be effective upon becoming a final order; provided, that:  A party may not be required to comply with the final order unless the party has been served with or has actual knowledge of the initial order or of an order stating that review will not be exercised; and   A nonparty may not be required to comply with the final order unless the agency has made the initial order available for public inspection and copying or the nonparty has actual knowledge of the initial order or of an order stating that review will not be exercised.     This section shall not preclude an agency from taking immediate action to protect the public interest in accordance with § 4-5-320.
TN Code § 4-5-319 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-319. Agency Record

  An agency shall maintain an official record of each contested case under this chapter. The record shall be maintained for a period of time not less than three (3) years; provided, that the department of labor and workforce development shall be required to maintain the record for such period of time as shall be determined by the agency or otherwise required by law.   The agency record shall consist solely of:  Notice of all proceedings;   Any prehearing order;   Any motions, pleadings, briefs, petitions, requests and intermediate rulings;   Evidence received or considered;   A statement of matters officially noticed;   Proffers of proof and objections and rulings thereon;   Proposed findings, requested orders, and exceptions;   The tape recording, stenographic notes or symbols, or transcript of the hearing;   Any final order, initial order, or order on reconsideration;   Staff memoranda or data submitted to the agency unless prepared and submitted by personal assistants and not inconsistent with § 4-5-304(b); and   Matters placed on the record after an ex parte communication.     A record, which may consist of a tape or similar electronic recording, shall be made of all oral proceedings. Such record or any part thereof shall be transcribed on request of any party at such party's expense or may be transcribed by the agency at its expense. If the agency elects to transcribe the proceedings, any party shall be provided copies of the transcript upon payment to the agency of a reasonable compensatory fee.   Except to the extent that this chapter or another statute provides otherwise, the agency record shall constitute the exclusive basis for agency action in adjudicative proceedings under this chapter, and for judicial review thereof.
TN Code § 4-5-320 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-320. Proceedings Affecting Licenses

  When the grant, denial, or renewal of a license is required to be preceded by notice and opportunity for hearing, the provisions of this chapter concerning contested cases apply.   When a licensee has made timely and sufficient application for the renewal of a license or a new license with reference to any activity of a continuing nature, the existing license does not expire until the application has been finally determined by the agency, and, in case the application is denied or the terms of the new license limited, until the last day for seeking review of the agency order or a later date fixed by order of the reviewing court.   No revocation, suspension, or withdrawal of any license is lawful unless, prior to the institution of agency proceedings, the agency gave notice by mail to the licensee of facts or conduct that warrant the intended action, and the licensee was given an opportunity to show compliance with all lawful requirements for the retention of the license. If the agency finds that public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in its order, summary action, including suspension of a license or other licensure restriction or action as may be appropriate to protect the public, may be ordered pending proceedings for revocation or other action. These proceedings shall be promptly instituted and determined.    Notwithstanding subsection (c), in issuing an order of summary action against a license the agency shall use one (1) of the following procedures:  The agency shall issue a notice to the licensee providing an opportunity for a prompt informal hearing, review or conference before the agency prior to the issuance of an order of summary action; or   The agency shall proceed with the summary action and notify the licensee of the opportunity for an informal hearing, review or conference before the agency within seven (7) business days of the issuance of the order of summary action.     The notice provided to the licensee may be provided by any reasonable means and shall inform the licensee of the reasons for the action or intended action of the agency and of the opportunity for an informal hearing, review or conference before the agency. The informal hearing, review or conference described by this subsection (d) shall not be required to be held under the contested case provisions of this chapter. The hearing, review or conference is intended to provide an informal, reasonable opportunity for the licensee to present the licensee's version of the situation to the person or entity authorized by law to take the summary action against the license involved. Whether the informal hearing, review or conference is held before or after an order of summary action, the sole issue to be considered is whether the public health, safety or welfare imperatively required emergency action by the agency.
TN Code § 4-5-321 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-321. Administrative Procedures Division — Manual of Policies and Procedures — Code of Conduct

  There is created in the office of the secretary of state a division to be known as the administrative procedures division. This division has the responsibility to:  Investigate any conflicts or inequities that may develop between federal administrative procedures, and state administrative procedures and propose any amendments to this chapter to correct those inconsistencies and inequities as they develop;   Establish and maintain in cooperation with the office of the attorney general and reporter a pool of administrative judges and hearing officers, who shall be learned in the law;   Establish and maintain in cooperation with the office of the attorney general and reporter a pool of court reporters for agency administrative hearing proceedings before the licensing boards that are under the supervision of the departments of commerce and insurance and of health; and   Perform any and all other functions assigned to the secretary of state under this chapter and delegated by the secretary of state to the administrative procedures division.     The secretary of state shall adopt by rule, promulgated in accordance with the rulemaking requirements of this chapter, a manual of policies and procedures, including a code of conduct, to be followed by all administrative judges and hearing officers.
TN Code § 4-5-323 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-323. Appeals to Court of Appeals

  An aggrieved party may obtain a review of any final judgment of the chancery court under this chapter by appeal to the court of appeals of Tennessee.   The record certified to the chancery court and the record in the chancery court shall constitute the record in an appeal. Evidence taken in court pursuant to § 4-5-322(g) shall become a part of the record.   The procedure on appeal shall be governed by the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure.
TN Code § 4-5-324 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-324. Training Program for Administrative Judges or Hearing Officers

  Each person employed to serve as an administrative judge or hearing officer within the executive branch shall, within the six-month period following the date of such employment, participate in a program of training for administrative judges and hearing officers conducted by the department of human resources, division of training. The department shall issue a certificate of participation to each judge or officer whose attendance is satisfactory.   An administrative judge or hearing officer who hears contested cases referred to the office of the secretary of state by a public institution of postsecondary or higher education involving allegations of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking shall annually participate in training that satisfies the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. § 1681), the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (20 U.S.C. § 1092(f)), and the federal regulations implementing those statutes, as amended.
TN Code § 4-5-325 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 3 - Contested Cases|§ 4-5-325. Payment of Costs to Cited Party

  When a state agency issues a citation to a person, local governmental entity, board or commission for the violation of a rule, regulation or statute and such citation results in a contested case hearing, at the conclusion of such hearing, the hearing officer or administrative law judge may order such agency to pay to the party issued a citation the amount of reasonable expenses incurred because of such citation, including a reasonable attorney's fee, if such officer or judge finds that the citation was issued:  Even though, to the best of such agency's knowledge, information and belief formed after reasonable inquiry, the violation was not well grounded in fact and was not warranted by existing law, rule or regulation; or   For an improper purpose such as to harass, to cause unnecessary delay or cause needless expense to the party cited.     If a final decision in a contested case hearing results in the party issued a citation seeking judicial review pursuant to § 4-5-322, the judge, at the conclusion of the hearing, may make the same findings and enter the same order as permitted the hearing officer or administrative law judge pursuant to subsection (a).
TN Code § 4-5-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 4 - Regulatory Flexibility Act of 2007|§ 4-5-401. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Regulatory Flexibility Act of 2007.”