(a) This section shall be known as and may be cited as the “Kristen Azevedo Act.”
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-7-149
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
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
(b) All persons applying at public institutions of higher education for employment in housing facilities owned or operated by such institutions, who shall have access to student rooms or apartments, including students applying to become resident assistants or resident directors, before being employed in such position, shall be required to:
(1) Supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) and the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) or other vendor contracted for the same purposes; and(2) Agree that the results of the criminal history records check will be sent to the institution.(c) No person whose name is reported to be on the state‘s or another state’s sex offender registry shall be hired to work in a position permitting such person access to students’ rooms or apartments in a student housing facility owned or operated by a public institution of higher education.
