§ 56-33-101 Applicability and scope
§ 56-33-102 Chapter definitions
§ 56-33-103 Travel protection plans
§ 56-33-104 Fulfillment materials – Cancellation – Negative option or opt-out prohibited
§ 56-33-105 Requirement to choose options as condition of purchasing trip or travel package
§ 56-33-106 Travel administrator for travel insurance
§ 56-33-107 Classification and filing of travel insurance – Form of travel insurance – Eligibility and underwriting standards for travel insurance
§ 56-33-108 Cancellation fee waivers and travel assistance services exempt from insurance laws
§ 56-33-109 Promulgation of rules

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 56 > Chapter 33 - Travel Insurance

  • Aggregator site: means a website that provides access to information regarding insurance products from more than one (1) insurer, including product and insurer information, for use in comparison shopping. See Tennessee Code 56-33-102
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance, or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 56-33-102
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services when the statute at issue relates to mental illness or serious emotional disturbance and means the commissioner of intellectual and developmental disabilities when the statute at issue relates to intellectual and developmental disabilities. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of mental health and substance abuse services when the statute at issue deals with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance and means the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities when the statute at issue deals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Eligible group: means two (2) or more persons who are engaged in a common enterprise, or have an economic, educational, or social affinity or relationship, including:
    (A) A person engaged in the business of providing travel or travel services, including:
    (i) Tour operators. See Tennessee Code 56-33-102
  • Employer: means a person that employs one (1) or more employees within this state. See Tennessee Code 56-33-102
  • Fulfillment materials: means documentation sent to the purchaser of a travel protection plan confirming the purchase and providing the travel protection plan's coverage and assistance details. See Tennessee Code 56-33-102
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Incapacitated by alcohol: means that a person, as a result of the use of alcohol, is unconscious or that the person's judgment is otherwise so impaired that the person is incapable of realizing and making a rational decision with respect to the person's need for treatment, is unable to take care of the person's basic personal needs or safety or lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate rational decisions concerning the person's welfare. See Tennessee Code 33-10-404
  • 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.
  • Person: means a business entity or a natural person. See Tennessee Code 56-33-102
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. 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
  • Support: means any activity or resource that enables a service recipient to participate in a service for mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disabilities or in community life. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Travel protection plans: means plans that provide at least one (1) of the following:
    (A) Travel insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-33-102
  • Treatment: means the broad range of emergency, outpatient, intermediate and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, medical, psychiatric, psychological care or social service care, or both, vocational rehabilitation or career counseling, or both, that may be extended to alcoholics and intoxicated persons. See Tennessee Code 33-10-404
  • Treatment resource: means any public or private facility, service, or program providing treatment or rehabilitation services for alcohol and drug dependence, mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, including, but not limited to, detoxification centers, licensed hospitals, community mental health centers, clinics or programs, halfway houses and rehabilitation centers. See Tennessee Code 33-10-102
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105