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TN Code § 68-120-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 120 - Building Regulations|Part 4 - Appeals|§ 68-120-401. Promulgation of Rules — Procedures

 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 of plans or the inspection of construction by the department. Any appeal of the ultimate decision of the department in such a dispute shall be made in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 3, pertaining to contested cases.
TN Code § 68-120-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 120 - Building Regulations|Part 5 - Tennessee Equitable Restrooms Act|§ 68-120-501. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Equitable Restrooms Act.”
TN Code § 68-120-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 120 - Building Regulations|Part 5 - Tennessee Equitable Restrooms Act|§ 68-120-502. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Facilities where the public congregates” means sports and entertainment arenas, musical amphitheatres, stadiums, community and convention halls, specialty event centers, amusement facilities, fairgrounds, zoos, institutions of higher education, and specialty event centers in public parks;   “Food service establishment” means a food service establishment as defined in § 68-14-302;   “Hotel” means an establishment as defined in § 68-14-302;   “Public building” means a building owned or leased by the state, any agency or instrumentality of the state or any political subdivision;   “Renovation” means:  The rehabilitation of an existing building that requires more than fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor area or volume of the entire building to be rebuilt. Cosmetic work such as painting, wall covering, wall paneling, floor covering and suspended ceiling work shall not be included; or   Any addition to an existing building. This part shall only apply to such portion of the building being renovated and not to the entire building;     “Responsible authority” means those entities set forth in § 68-120-203(3); and   “Specialty event center” means an open arena used for rallies, concerts, exhibits, etc., with no permanent structure for purposes of assembly.
TN Code § 68-120-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 120 - Building Regulations|Part 5 - Tennessee Equitable Restrooms Act|§ 68-120-504. Applicability — Implementation — Enforcement

 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 effective date of the rules and regulations promulgated under this part. Such contracts for design or construction shall be submitted to the responsible authority at the same time as required in part 2 of this chapter. The responsible authority shall be responsible for the enforcement of this part in the same manner as provided in part 2 of this chapter.
TN Code § 68-120-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 120 - Building Regulations|Part 5 - Tennessee Equitable Restrooms Act|§ 68-120-505. Exemptions

 This part does not apply to the following:   A hotel;   A food establishment;   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; or   Automobile race tracks:  Where portable facilities can be located; and   That were in existence prior to July 1, 1985.
TN Code § 68-120-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 120 - Building Regulations|Part 5 - Tennessee Equitable Restrooms Act|§ 68-120-506. Rules and Regulations

 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.
TN Code § 68-120-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 120 - Building Regulations|Part 5 - Tennessee Equitable Restrooms Act|§ 68-120-507. State's Share of Cost — Funding

  The state's share of the cost pursuant to the article II, § 24 of the Tennessee Constitution, 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 § 9-4-5301.   This part shall be implemented from funds available to the executive branch.
TN Code § 68-120-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 120 - Building Regulations|Part 5 - Tennessee Equitable Restrooms Act|§ 68-120-508. Football Stadium Restrooms

  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 at a ratio determined by the state building commission.   This section shall apply to any county having a metropolitan form of government and a population of over one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census.   This section does not apply to football stadiums in existence prior to its enactment.
TN Code § 68-120-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 120 - Building Regulations|Part 5 - Tennessee Equitable Restrooms Act|§ 68-120-509. Trough Facilities in Male Restrooms

 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.
TN Code § 68-122-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 122 - Boiler Inspection, Erectors and Repairers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-122-101. Board of Boiler Rules — Created — Members — Compensation

  There is created within the department of labor and workforce development a board of boiler rules, which shall hereafter be referred to as the “board,” consisting of five (5) members who shall be appointed to the board by the governor. The original appointments were one (1) for a term of one (1) year, one (1) for a term of two (2) years, one (1) for a term of three (3) years and two (2) for a term of four (4) years. At the expiration of their respective terms of office, they, or their successors identifiable with the same interest respectively as provided in this section, shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years each. The governor may at any time remove any member of the board for inefficiency or neglect of duty in office. Upon the death or incapacity of any member, the governor shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the vacated term with a representative of the same interest with which the representative's predecessor was identified. Of these five (5) appointed members, one (1) shall be representative of owners and users of boilers within the state, one (1) shall be representative of the boiler manufacturers within the state, one (1) shall be a representative of a boiler insurance company licensed to do business within the state, one (1) shall be a mechanical engineer on the faculty of a recognized engineering college or a graduate mechanical engineer having equivalent experience, and one (1) shall be representative of the boilermakers or practical steam operating engineers. In making appointments to the board, the governor shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person serving on the board is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person serving on the board is a member of a racial minority. The board shall elect one (1) of its members to serve as chair, and, at the call of the chair, the board shall meet at least four (4) times each year at the state capitol or other place designated by the board. Beginning July 1, 1965, the membership of the board shall be increased by one (1) member who shall be a representative of the owner-users of unfired pressure vessels and who shall be a mechanical engineer licensed to practice in the state of Tennessee. Such additional representative's appointment shall be made by the governor. The additional representative's first term shall be for a period of two (2) years and all succeeding terms after the expiration of the first shall be for a period of four (4) years.   The members of the board shall serve without salary and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 68-122-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 122 - Boiler Inspection, Erectors and Repairers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-122-102. Rules and Regulations — Part Definitions

  The board shall formulate definitions, rules and regulations for the safe and proper construction, installation, repair, use and operation of boilers in this state. The definitions, rules and regulations so formulated shall be based upon, and, at all times, follow the generally accepted nationwide engineering standards, formulae and practices established and pertaining to boiler construction and safety, and the board may by resolution adopt an existing published codification of standards, formulae and practices known as the Boiler Construction Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, with the amendments and interpretations of the code made and approved by the council of the society, and may likewise adopt the amendments and interpretations subsequently made and published by the same authority; and when so adopted, the code shall be deemed incorporated into, and to constitute a part of the whole of the definitions, rules and regulations of the board. Amendments and interpretations to the code so adopted shall be adopted immediately upon being promulgated, to the end that the definitions, rules and regulations shall at all times follow the generally accepted nationwide engineering standards.   The board shall promulgate rules and regulations for the safe and proper installation, repair, use and operation of boilers that were in use or installed ready for use in this state prior to the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this part pertaining to existing installations became effective, or during the twelve-month period immediately thereafter.   The rules and regulations formulated by the board shall have the force and effect of law, except that the rules applying to the construction of new boilers shall not be construed to prevent the installation thereof until twelve (12) months after their approval by the board.   Amendments in the rules and regulations adopted by the board shall be permissive immediately and shall become mandatory twelve (12) months after such approval.   As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Boiler” means and includes a closed vessel or vessels intended for use in heating water or other liquids or for generating steam or other vapors under pressure or vacuum by the direct application of heat from combustible fuels, electricity, or nuclear energy, and also includes an unfired pressure vessel, meaning a vessel in which pressure is obtained from an external source or from an indirect application of heat;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of labor and workforce development; and   “Department” means the department of labor and workforce development.
TN Code § 68-122-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 122 - Boiler Inspection, Erectors and Repairers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-122-103. New Installations Must Conform to Regulations

 No boiler that does not conform to the rules and regulations formulated by the board governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state after twelve (12) months from the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this part pertaining to new construction and installation shall have become effective, unless the boiler is of special design or construction, and is not covered by the rules and regulations, nor is in any way inconsistent with such rules and regulations, in which case a special installation and operating permit may, at its discretion, be granted by the board.
TN Code § 68-122-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 122 - Boiler Inspection, Erectors and Repairers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-122-104. Existing Boilers Required to Conform — Applicability

  All boilers that were in use, or installed ready for use in this state prior to the date upon which the first rules and regulations became effective, or during the twelve-month period immediately thereafter, shall be made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing existing installations, and the formulae prescribed therein shall be used in determining the maximum allowable working pressure for such boilers.   This part shall not be construed as in any way preventing the use or sale of boilers as referred to in subsection (a); provided, that they have been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing existing installations; and provided further, that they have not been found upon inspection to be in an unsafe condition.    This part shall apply to historic power boilers. “Historic power boilers” means any steam traction engine, portable, or stationary, standard or nonstandard power boiler, including free-lance and scale models, owned by publicly operated museums, nonprofit organizations and individuals who preserve, maintain, exhibit and only occasionally operate these boilers on a not-for-profit basis and for the primary purpose of perpetuating the agricultural and pioneer heritage of Tennessee.   Such boilers shall conform to the rules and regulations adopted by the board of boiler rules.
TN Code § 68-122-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 122 - Boiler Inspection, Erectors and Repairers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-122-105. Exemptions — Municipal Laws or Ordinances

  This part shall not apply to the following boilers:  Boilers under federal control or boilers that are used to generate electricity under contract with the Tennessee Valley authority (TVA);   Unfired pressure vessels meeting the requirements of the interstate commerce commission for shipment of liquids or gases under pressure;   Air tanks located on vehicles operating under the rules of other state authorities and used for carrying passengers or freight;   Air tanks installed on the right-of-way of railroads and used directly in the operation of trains;   Unfired pressure vessels having a volume of five (5) cubic feet or less;   Unfired pressure vessels designed for working pressure not exceeding fifteen pounds (15 lbs.) per square inch gauge; or   Unfired pressure vessels containing liquefied petroleum gases.     The following boilers shall be exempt from the requirements of §§ 68-122-110 — 68-122-113:  Boilers located on farms and used solely for agricultural purposes;   Steam boilers used for heating purposes carrying a pressure of not more than fifteen pounds (15 lbs.) per square inch gauge,  that are located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six (6) families;   Hot water heating boilers carrying a pressure of not more than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) per square inch gauge, that are located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six (6) families; or   Unfired pressure vessels containing only water under pressure for domestic supply purposes and operated at a temperature of not over two hundred degrees Fahrenheit (200°F), including those containing air, the compression of which serves only as a cushion for airlift pumping systems.     This part 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 boilers where such local laws, ordinances or regulations are in substantial conformity with the commonly accepted standards of safety concerning the design, construction, location, installation, inspection and operation of boilers and in substantial conformity with the published standards of the Boiler Construction Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and nothing in this part shall be construed as preventing the local officials or boards of such municipalities from the exclusive right to regulate or enforce all such local laws, ordinances or regulations now in force or hereafter enacted as may comply with the standards above defined, and no provision of this part shall be construed as permitting the erection of boilers without first obtaining a building or like permit from the proper municipal authorities in compliance with local laws and ordinances provided therefor.
TN Code § 68-122-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 122 - Boiler Inspection, Erectors and Repairers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-122-106. Chief Inspector — Appointment — Qualifications — Removal — Duties and Powers

  Any time the office of the chief inspector becomes vacant, the commissioner shall appoint a citizen of this state who shall have had at the time of such appointment practical experience in the construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of high pressure boilers and unfired pressure vessels, as a mechanical engineer, steam engineer, boilermaker, or boiler inspector, to be chief inspector until the chief inspector's successor shall have been appointed and qualified. The chief inspector may be removed for cause following an investigation by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.   The chief inspector, if authorized by the commissioner, is charged, directed and empowered to:  Cause the prosecution of all violators of this part;   Issue, or suspend, or revoke for cause, inspection certificates as provided for in § 68-122-111;   Draw upon the state treasurer for funds necessary to meet the expenses authorized by this part, which shall include the necessary traveling expenses of the chief inspector and the chief inspector's deputies and the expenses incident to the maintenance of the chief inspector's office;   Take action necessary for the enforcement of the laws of the state governing the use of boilers and of the rules and regulations of the board;   Keep a complete record of the type, dimensions, maximum allowable working pressure, age, condition, location and date of the last recorded internal inspection of all boilers to which this part applies; and   Publish and distribute, among manufacturers and others requesting them, copies of the rules and regulations adopted by the board.
TN Code § 68-122-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 122 - Boiler Inspection, Erectors and Repairers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-122-107. Deputy Inspectors — Employment — Qualifications

 The chief inspector shall employ deputy inspectors, who shall be responsible to the chief inspector and who shall have had at time of appointment not less than five (5) years' practical experience in the construction, maintenance, repair or operation of high pressure boilers and unfired pressure vessels as a mechanical engineer, steam engineer, boilermaker or boiler inspector, and who has passed the examination provided for in § 68-122-109.
TN Code § 68-122-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 122 - Boiler Inspection, Erectors and Repairers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-122-109. Examinations for Chief, Deputy and Special Inspectors — Suspension or Revocation of Commission — Replacement When Lost

  Examinations for chief, deputy, or special inspectors must be administered by a National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors' member jurisdiction; the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors during the last day of the In-service Commission (IS) two-week course; an on-demand provider approved by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors; or other testing methods approved by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. The examinations must meet the requirements of the latest edition of the Rules for Commissioned Inspectors as approved by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. If an applicant fails to pass an examination, the applicant must follow the re-examination requirements of the latest edition of the Rules for Commissioned Inspectors. The record of an applicant's examination must be accessible to the applicant and the applicant's employer.   A commission may be suspended or revoked after due investigation and recommendation by the board to the commissioner for the incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder of the commission, or for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in the applicant's application or in a report of any inspection. A person whose commission has been suspended or revoked, except for untrustworthiness, shall be entitled to apply to the board for reinstatement or, in the case of revocation, for a new examination and commission after ninety (90) days from such revocation. A person whose commission has been suspended or revoked shall be entitled to an appeal as provided in § 68-122-115 and to be present in person and/or represented by counsel on the hearing of the appeal.   If a certificate or commission is lost or destroyed, a new certificate or commission shall be issued in its place without another examination.