Section 0780-01-55-.09 - OTHER LAWS; SEVERABILITY(1) The requirements of Title 56, Chapter 8, Part 1, and any related rules, shall apply to individuals and entities registered under this chapter. The activities and duties of navigators and certified application counselors shall be deemed to constitute transacting the business of insurance.(2) The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to any individual or entity licensed as an insurance producer in this state or any entity or individual exempted from having to have an insurance producer license under T.C.A. § 56-6-104(b)(1).(3) The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to hospitals licensed in this state under Title 68 or Title 33 of the Tennessee Code Annotated.(4) The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to state and local government agencies, employees acting in their official capacities as employees of state and local government agencies, or any contractors to the extent of their official duties for state and local government agencies.(5) If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of the chapter are severable and the valid provisions or applications shall remain in full force and effect.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-01-55-.09
Original rule filed July 21, 1989; effective September 4, 1989. Repeal filed April 14, 2004; effective June 28, 2004. Emergency rule filed September 18, 20913; effective through March 17, 2014. Emergency rule filed September 18, 2013 expired effective March 17, 2014; on March 18, 2014, the rule reverted to its previous status. New rules filed February 20, 2015; effective May 21, 2015. Amendments filed June 28, 2017; effective 9/26/2017.Authority: Tenn. Public Acts 2013, ch. 377, T.C.A. §§ 56-2-301, 56-6-104, 56-8-101 through 56-8-113 and 56-6-1301 through 56-6-1305.