(a) To receive a permit as an entertainer, employee or escort, an applicant must meet the following standards:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-51-1117

  • Board: means the adult-oriented establishment board, or, if there is in existence in the county a massage registration board appointed by the county mayor, such board may be substituted for the board. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1102
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Employee: means a person who performs any service on the premises of an adult-oriented establishment on a full-time, part-time, or contract basis, whether or not the person is denominated an employee, independent contractor, agent or otherwise, and whether or not such person is paid a salary, wage, or other compensation by the operator of such business. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1102
  • Entertainer: means any person who provides entertainment within an "adult-oriented establishment" as defined in this section, whether or not a fee is charged or accepted for entertainment and whether or not entertainment is provided as an employee, escort or an independent contractor. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1102
  • Escort: means a person who, for monetary consideration in the form of a fee, commission, salary or tip, dates, socializes, visits, consorts with, accompanies, or offers to date, socialize, visit, consort or accompany to social affairs, entertainment or places of amusement or within any place of public resort or within any private quarters of a place of public resort. See Tennessee Code 7-51-1102
(1)

(A) The applicant shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(B) The applicant shall not have had a permit revoked within two (2) years immediately preceding the date of the application;
(C) The applicant shall not have been convicted of a specified criminal act, as defined in § 7-51-1102, for which:

(i) Less than two (2) years have elapsed since the date of conviction if the conviction is for a misdemeanor offense;
(ii) Less than five (5) years have elapsed since the date of conviction if the conviction is for a felony offense; and
(iii) Less than five (5) years have elapsed since the date of conviction for two (2) or more misdemeanor offenses occurring within any twelve-month period;
(2) The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on disqualification of the applicant;
(3) An applicant who has been convicted of any specified criminal activities may not be denied a permit based on those convictions once the time period required in subdivision (a)(1)(C) has elapsed.
(b) No permit shall be issued until the board or sheriff’s department has investigated the applicant’s qualifications to receive a permit. The results of that investigation shall be filed in writing with the board no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the application. The board shall only deny a permit application for reasons set forth in this part.
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