Terms Used In Tennessee Code 63-30-113

  • Division: means the division of health-related boards in the department of health. See Tennessee Code 63-30-102
  • 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.

The division may issue advisory private letter rulings to any affected registrant who makes such a request regarding any matters within the division’s primary jurisdiction. Such private letter ruling shall only affect the registrant making such inquiry, and shall have no precedential value for any other inquiry or future contested case to come before the division. Any dispute regarding a private letter ruling may, if the division chooses to do so, be resolved pursuant to the declaratory order provisions of § 4-5-223.