(a) All persons employing female employees in any manufacturing or mercantile establishment shall provide separate privies or water closets for the female employees.

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class C misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $50
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-1-301

(b) No male person shall enter the separate privies or water closets except for the purpose of repairing or cleaning the privies or water closets.
(c) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.