[Effective 7/1/2024]

(a) The local board of education shall require annual physical and mental examinations of school bus drivers and require reports to be made on forms prescribed by the local board of education.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-6-2108 v2

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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) It is the duty of the local board of education to revoke the certificate issued to a school bus driver under § 49-6-2107 if the school bus driver is found to be physically, mentally, or morally unfit to operate a school bus, or if the school bus driver has been:

(1) Convicted in this state of one (1) or more of the violations outlined in § 49-6-2107(e)(1); or
(2) Convicted in another jurisdiction of violating a law that prohibits the same conduct as one (1) or more of the violations outlined in § 49-6-2107(e)(1).