(a) No person shall operate an establishment who does not hold a valid permit issued to the person by the commissioner on or before July 1 of each year. Every person, now engaged in the business of operating an establishment, and every person, who shall thereafter engage in such a business, shall procure a permit from the commissioner for each establishment so operated or proposed to be operated.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-14-504

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of health, the commissioner's duly authorized representative, and in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner. See Tennessee Code 68-14-502
  • establishment: means a private home, inn or other unique residential facility offering bed and breakfast accommodations and one (1) daily meal and having four (4), but not more than twelve (12), guest rooms furnished for pay, with guests staying not more than fourteen (14) days, and where the innkeeper resides on the premises or property or immediately adjacent to it. See Tennessee Code 68-14-502
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, agency, municipality, state or political subdivision. See Tennessee Code 68-14-502
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Each permit for bed and breakfast establishments shall expire on June 30 next following its issuance.
(c) No permit shall be transferred from one (1) location or individual to another.
(d) Permits shall be posted in a conspicuous manner.
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