(a) An application for registration as a provider must be in a form prescribed by the administrator.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-18-5505

  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Subject to adjustment of dollar amounts pursuant to § 47-18-5532(f), an application for registration as a provider must be accompanied by:

(1) The fee established by the administrator;
(2) The bond required by § 47-18-5513;
(3) Identification of all trust accounts required by § 47-18-5522 and an irrevocable consent authorizing the administrator to review and examine the trust accounts;
(4) Evidence of insurance in the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000):

(A) Against the risks of dishonesty, fraud, theft and other misconduct on the part of the applicant or a director, employee or agent of the applicant;
(B) Issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state and rated at least “A” or equivalent by a nationally recognized rating organization approved by the administrator;
(C) With a deductible not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000);
(D) Payable for the benefit of the applicant, this state and individuals who are residents of this state, as their interests may appear; and
(E) Not subject to cancellation by the applicant or the insurer until sixty (60) days after written notice has been given to the administrator;
(5) A record consenting to the jurisdiction of this state containing:

(A) The name, business address and other contact information of its registered agent in this state for purposes of service of process; or
(B) The appointment of the administrator as agent of the provider for purposes of service of process; and
(6) If the applicant is exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 501, evidence of that status.
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