Tennessee § 68-140-317 Fees

Tennessee Statutes

§ 68-140-317 — Fees

Tennessee § 68-140-317

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-140-317 (2026).

Text

(a)(1) The board shall establish fees for licenses, permits, and for the licenses, certification and authorization of EMS personnel. The board may assess fees for the application, testing, inspection, or other services needed to carry out this part. Licensed emergency medical services personnel who are volunteer personnel associated with nonprofit corporations or associations providing emergency medical services, and otherwise non-salaried for their provision of emergency care, shall be exempt from license fees, but shall be liable for testing and training materials or other costs incurred by the board, and shall promptly notify and amend their fee status upon any change in the nature of their remuneration for activities involving emergency medical care.

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(a) (1) The board shall establish fees for licenses, permits, and for the licenses, certification and authorization of EMS personnel. The board may assess fees for the application, testing, inspection, or other services needed to carry out this part. Licensed emergency medical services personnel who are volunteer personnel associated with nonprofit corporations or associations providing emergency medical services, and otherwise non-salaried for their provision of emergency care, shall be exempt from license fees, but shall be liable for testing and training materials or other costs incurred by the board, and shall promptly notify and amend their fee status upon any change in the nature of their remuneration for activities involving emergency medical care. (2) The board shall have the authority to waive any fees applicable to 501(c)(3) organizations that provide air ambulance service by way of fixed wing aircraft for indigent patients; provided, that such 501(c)(3) organizations shall not receive fee for service payments for such air ambulance services for indigent patients from insurance, private pay or third party reimbursement. (b) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, failure to remit any fees duly authorized by the board shall be grounds for denial of license or renewal, suspension of licenses or permits, or may otherwise constitute an offense within this part. (c) Applications and fees submitted and received prior to or by expiration dates shall extend licenses, permits, and certificates for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days to allow administrative processing. An applicant with expired certification can apply for reinstatement upon good cause being shown to the board, and payment of all fees, including any reinstatement fees, and fulfilling any condition that may be established by the board.

Legislative History

Acts 1983, ch. 440, § 19; 1986, ch. 586, § 5; T.C.A., § 68-39-517; Acts 1992, ch. 796, § 9; 2004, ch. 551, § 1; 2010 , ch. 773, § 2; T.C.A., § 68-140-517; Acts 2012 , ch. 728, § 21.