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TN Code § 4-5-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 4 - Regulatory Flexibility Act of 2007|§ 4-5-402. Analysis of Impact on Small Business

  Prior to initiating the rulemaking process as described in §§ 4-5-202(a)(2) and 4-5-203(a), all agencies shall conduct a review of whether a proposed rule or rule affects small businesses.   Each agency shall, after June 21, 2007, employ a regulatory flexibility analysis utilizing regulatory methods that accomplish the objectives of applicable statutes while minimizing any adverse impact on small business. The agency shall consider, but not be limited to, each of the following methods of reducing the impact of the proposed rule on small businesses while remaining consistent with health, safety, and well-being:  The extent to which the rule may overlap, duplicate, or conflict with other federal, state, and local governmental rules;   Clarity, conciseness, and lack of ambiguity in the rule;   The establishment of flexible compliance and reporting requirements for small businesses;   The establishment of friendly schedules or deadlines for compliance and reporting requirements for small businesses;   The consolidation or simplification of compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses;   The establishment of performance standards for small businesses as opposed to design or operational standards required in the proposed rule; and   The unnecessary creation of entry barriers or other effects that stifle entrepreneurial activity, curb innovation, or increase costs.
TN Code § 4-5-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 4 - Regulatory Flexibility Act of 2007|§ 4-5-403. Preparation of Economic Impact Statement

 As part of the rulemaking process for any proposed rule that may have an impact on small businesses, each agency shall prepare an economic impact statement as an addendum for each rule that is deemed to affect small businesses, which shall be published in the Tennessee administrative register, filed with the secretary of state and made available to all interested parties, including the secretary of state, attorney general and reporter and the government operations committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and as described for rules in part 2 of this chapter. The secretary of state may require the online submission of economic impact statements filed pursuant to this part. The statement shall include the following:   The type or types of small business and an identification and estimate of the number of small businesses subject to the proposed rule that would bear the cost of, or directly benefit from the proposed rule;   The projected reporting, recordkeeping and other administrative costs required for compliance with the proposed rule, including the type of professional skills necessary for preparation of the report or record;   A statement of the probable effect on impacted small businesses and consumers;   A description of any less burdensome, less intrusive or less costly alternative methods of achieving the purpose and objectives of the proposed rule that may exist, and to what extent the alternative means might be less burdensome to small business;   A comparison of the proposed rule with any federal or state counterparts; and   Analysis of the effect of the possible exemption of small businesses from all or any part of the requirements contained in the proposed rule.
TN Code § 4-5-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 4 - Regulatory Flexibility Act of 2007|§ 4-5-404. Application

 This part shall not apply to rules that are adopted on an emergency basis under part 2 of this chapter, that are federally mandated, or that substantially codify existing state or federal law.
TN Code § 4-5-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Uniform Administrative Procedures Act|Part 5 - Right to Earn a Living Act|§ 4-5-501. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Entry regulation” means:  Any rule promulgated by a licensing authority for the purpose of regulating an occupational or professional group, including, but not limited to, any rule prescribing qualifications or requirements for a person's entry into, or continued participation in, any business, trade, profession, or occupation in this state; or   Any policy or practice of a licensing authority that is established, adopted, or implemented by a licensing authority for the purpose of regulating an occupational or professional group, including, but not limited to, any policy or practice relating to the qualifications or requirements of a person's entry into, or continued participation in, any business, trade, profession, or occupation in this state; and     “Licensing authority” means any state regulatory board, commission, council, or committee in the executive branch of state government established by statute or rule that issues any license, certificate, registration, certification, permit, or other similar document for the purpose of entry into, or regulation of, any occupational or professional group. “Licensing authority” does not include any state regulatory board, commission, council, or committee that regulates a person under title 63 or title 68, chapter 11 or 140.
TN Code § 4-6-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-101. Charitable Institutions Free From Charters

 All charitable institutions owned and operated by the state are declared to be a part of the state government, and shall be operated and maintained as such, free from the control of any charter of incorporation, or any portion of any act of the general assembly for incorporation.
TN Code § 4-6-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-102. Penitentiaries for Adults — Management by Department of Correction

 The management and government of the state penitentiaries for adults are vested in the department of correction. It has all the power necessary for the full and efficient exercise of the executive, administrative, and fiscal supervision over all such institutions, except as otherwise expressly provided.
TN Code § 4-6-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-103. Wardens and Superintendents — Appointment

 The state penitentiary shall be under the immediate executive control and management of a warden, and each of the other penal, reformatory or charitable institutions of the state shall be under the executive control and management of a superintendent, all subject to the rules and regulations of the department vested with control of such institution and this chapter, the superintendents and wardens to be appointed by the commissioner vested with the administration of such institutions, with the approval of the governor.
TN Code § 4-6-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-104. Salaries of Wardens and Superintendents

  The warden of the state penitentiary shall receive a salary payable monthly upon the warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration.   The salaries of all superintendents shall be fixed by the commissioner vested with the administration of the respective institutions, unless otherwise fixed by law before the appointment of such superintendent, and the same shall not be changed during their terms of office.   The commissioner shall file with the commissioner of finance and administration a statement in writing showing the salaries of such other superintendents, and the same shall be paid monthly upon the warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration.
TN Code § 4-6-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-105. No Impairment, Interruption or Diminution of Employee Rights, Salary, Benefits, Leave Accumulation or Employment on Transfer of Career Service Employees to the Department of Correction

 The initial transfer of any career service employee pursuant to the transfer of probation and parole field services and the administration of the community corrections program from the board of parole to the department of correction shall not result in any impairment, interruption or diminution of employee rights, salary, benefits, leave accumulation or employment. The commissioner of human resources is authorized to determine if there has been any impairment of rights, salary, benefits, leave accumulation or employment as a result of the initial transfer. Any career service employee may seek redress of any such determination through a request for declaratory order by the commissioner of human resources pursuant to § 4-5-223.
TN Code § 4-6-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-106. Compensation Plan for Correctional Officers

 The commissioner of correction shall formulate and implement a compensation plan for correctional officers by which such officers are paid at least the average compensation of correctional officers in the southeastern United States with similar qualifications and years of service. Such plan shall be revised annually to reflect changes in the southeast average compensation. The commissioner shall report annually to the general assembly on the components and ranges in such plan. Such compensation plan shall only be implemented in years in which funds are appropriated to pay the average compensation as determined by such survey.
TN Code § 4-6-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-107. Commissioner's Authority Over Officers of Penitentiaries — Presumption in Favor of Commissioner

  The commissioner shall make rules for the prosecution of the commissioner's powers and may require the performance of additional duties by the officers of the penitentiaries named in § 4-6-102, so as to fully meet the requirements, intents and purposes of this chapter, and particularly those relating to the making of estimates and furnishing proper proof of the use made of all articles furnished or produced at such penitentiaries.   In case of an apparent conflict between the powers conferred by law upon any warden or superintendent and those conferred by this chapter, upon the commissioner, the presumption shall be conclusive in favor of the commissioner.
TN Code § 4-6-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-108. Matron of Penitentiary

  The matron of the state penitentiary shall be appointed by the commissioner of correction, and shall receive a salary, payable monthly upon the warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration.   It is the matron's duty to look after the moral conduct and general welfare of the female inmates, and to perform such other duties as may be required by the commissioner.
TN Code § 4-6-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-109. Hospitalization of Inmates

 Whenever, in the judgment of the physician or physicians in charge of any of the charitable or penal institutions of the state, it becomes necessary to perform an operation or give special treatment or care to any inmate of any such institution, if the institution is not equipped for the performance of the operation or to give special treatment, the physician in charge of such institution may, with the approval of the commissioner vested with the administration of such institution, have such inmate placed in a first-class hospital of the state where the inmate may have the necessary operation, hospitalization, care and treatment.
TN Code § 4-6-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-110. Dentists — Appointment and Removal

 The commissioner of the department having control of the state prisons shall appoint a dentist, or may appoint dentists, whose duty it is to do the necessary dental work for the inmates of such of these institutions as may be under the commissioner's administration. Such dentist or dentists may at any time be removed by the commissioner for just cause. Only dentists who are licensed to practice dentistry in this state shall be eligible for appointment. Such appointment may be by employment in the department or by contract for services.
TN Code § 4-6-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-111. Dentists — Facilities

 The superintendent of each of the institutions specified in § 4-6-110 shall provide a suitable room for the dentist, with all necessary equipment, with the approval of the commissioner, and the same shall be paid for out of the funds appropriated for the maintenance of the institution for which the equipment is purchased.
TN Code § 4-6-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-112. Dentists — Duties

  It is the duty of dentists appointed pursuant to § 4-6-110 to inspect at regular intervals the teeth of each inmate of the institutions specified in § 4-6-110, and to keep a record of the work necessary to be done on the teeth of each inmate for the protection and preservation of the health of the inmate. So much of the necessary work shall be done by the dentist as possible.   Work that is not necessary for the protection and preservation of the health of an inmate shall not be done by such dentists.   Preference shall at all times be given by such dentists to inmates who are being supported in the institutions specified in § 4-6-110 at the expense of the state or county.   All other dental work except that set out in subsections (a)-(c) may be done by the dentist for inmates who are not being supported by the state or county, and the work done for any such paying inmate must be paid for by the inmate or by the person or persons paying for the support of such inmate in the institution, a reasonable charge to be made for such work and payment to be made to the superintendent who shall apply the same as other income of the institution is applied.   Such dentists shall at no time do any work for any officer or employee of any of such institutions.
TN Code § 4-6-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-113. Dentists — Compensation

 Each dentist appointed pursuant to § 4-6-110 shall receive compensation as fixed by the commissioner, subject to the approval of the department of revenue, payable monthly, and shall receive necessary traveling expenses, when required to make a trip by the commissioner, and shall in addition be provided with a room and board at each of such institutions.
TN Code § 4-6-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-114. Architects and Construction Supervisors

 The commissioner vested with the administration of the institutions named in § 4-6-102 may employ an architect or architects skilled in methods of sanitation and the preparations of plans, specifications, estimates and details for buildings, betterments and such items of equipment as may be required in any of those institutions, and also employ such mechanical engineers, superintendents and supervisors as the commissioner may deem necessary, and fix their titles and compensations, which, with all necessary expenses, when itemized and approved, shall be paid like other expenses of the department.
TN Code § 4-6-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-115. Detail of Construction Personnel Between Penitentiaries

 The commissioner of correction has the authority to detail any engineer or skilled worker connected with the main prison or other penitentiaries under the commissioner's control for special service at the other penitentiaries named in § 4-6-102. Services thus rendered and the expense thereof shall be paid by the penitentiary for which the work is performed to the penitentiary furnishing same, such sum as may be fixed by the commissioner.
TN Code § 4-6-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-116. Accounts — Auditing — Reports

  The commissioner of correction shall keep in the commissioner's office a proper and complete set of books and accounts with each penitentiary named in § 4-6-102, which shall clearly show the nature and amount of every expenditure authorized and made at such penitentiary, the receipts from the expenditure, and contain an account of all appropriations made by the general assembly and of all other funds with the disposition thereof.   The department of finance and administration shall prescribe the form of vouchers, records and methods of keeping accounts at each of the penitentiaries, which shall be as nearly uniform as possible.    The commissioner has the right and power to examine the records of each penitentiary at any time, and has the power to authorize its bookkeeper, accountant, or any other employee to examine and check the records, accounts and vouchers, or take an inventory of the property of any penitentiary, or to do whatever may be necessary, and to pay the actual and reasonable expenses incurred in such service upon an itemized account thereof being filed and approved.   It is the duty of the commissioner to cause to be examined and audited the books of the different penitentiaries under the commissioner's supervision at least once in each year, and as often as may be necessary.   It is the duty of the comptroller of the treasury to make such expert examinations when called upon to do so by the commissioner.   The officers of such penitentiaries must permit such examinations and auditing and must, upon demand, produce all books, contracts and papers in their respective offices, without unnecessary delay, and must furnish, upon demand, the information touching the books, papers, and contracts and other matter pertaining to their respective offices.   When the examinations are made, reports thereof shall be made in duplicate, one (1) copy of which shall be filed with the governor, and the other with the commissioner of finance and administration.
TN Code § 4-6-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-117. Monthly Reports of Receipts and Expenditures

 It is the duty of each warden and superintendent to make to the commissioner of correction a monthly statement showing the entire amount received by such warden or superintendent from all sources, and all expenditures during the month for which the report is made, such report to be made on forms prepared by the commissioner, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the commissioner of finance and administration.
TN Code § 4-6-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-118. Estimates — Monthly Estimates Required

 For the purpose of proper regulation, recording and auditing the various expenditures of the penitentiaries named in § 4-6-102, the managing officers thereof shall prepare, and present to the commissioner of correction in triplicate, not less than fifteen (15) days before the first day of each month and on forms furnished by the commissioner, a detailed estimate of all supplies, materials, improvements and money needed during each month.
TN Code § 4-6-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-119. Estimates — Review by Commissioner of Correction

 The commissioner of correction shall review the estimates required by § 4-6-118, and in writing advise changes, if any, giving the commissioner's reasons therefor. The officer making the estimate may appeal to the commissioner on any change so advised, due notice of which shall be given such officer.
TN Code § 4-6-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-120. Estimates — Staple Articles

 Estimates for periods longer than one (1) month may be made in the same manner specified in § 4-6-118 by the managing officer for staple articles designated by the commissioner of correction, or for other supplies.
TN Code § 4-6-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-121. Estimates — Contingent Funds

 Each estimate under §§ 4-6-118 — 4-6-123 may include a contingent fund, not to exceed three percent (3%) of the total amount for maintenance for the period of the estimate, for which no detailed account need be given in the estimate, but such funds shall be drawn upon only in due form as provided in this chapter and under the rules of the commissioners of correction and finance and administration.
TN Code § 4-6-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-122. Estimates — Approved Copies

 The commissioner of correction shall return to the managing officer one (1) copy of every estimate with the commissioner's approval or alterations in writing, furnishing one (1) copy to the commissioner of finance and administration and filing the third in the office of the commissioner of correction.
TN Code § 4-6-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-123. Estimates — Review by Commissioner of Finance and Administration — Warrants

 The commissioner of finance and administration shall ascertain that the estimates so received do not exceed the respective appropriations and shall draw warrants on the state treasurer monthly for the salary and contingent funds for each institution, which shall be placed in the hands of the managing officer thereof.
TN Code § 4-6-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-124. Vouchers — Form and Disposition

 Itemized payrolls or vouchers for penitentiaries named in § 4-6-102 shall be drawn in triplicate. One (1) copy shall be kept on file by the managing officer, two (2) sent to the commissioner of correction, who upon approval shall send one (1) copy to the commissioner of finance and administration, who shall issue a warrant on the state treasurer thereon.