(a) All divers shall prominently display a divers-down flag in the area in which they are diving when diving in an area other than one customarily used for swimming only.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-9-401

  • Divers-down flag: means a free-flying flag, red in color, with a white diagonal stripe that begins at the top staff-side corner of the flag and extends to the lower opposite corner. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
  • Use: means to operate, navigate or employ. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
(b) Divers shall not display a divers-down flag any longer than thirty (30) minutes before and after the dive.
(c) Divers shall surface within fifty feet (50′) of the divers-down flag.
(d) When diving after dusk, divers shall illuminate the divers-down flag to make it visible from at least three hundred feet (300′).
(e) No one shall use a divers-down flag to stop, limit, or otherwise affect the flow of water traffic.
(f) Violations of this section shall be punished as follows:

(1) First offense, a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(2) Second offense, a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00); and
(3) Third offense, a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and up to six (6) months imprisonment.
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