Section 6.04 - Duty of Candor and Failure or Refusal to Furnish Information(a) Each applicant for admission to the bar has a duty to be candid and to make full, careful and accurate responses and disclosures in all phases of the application and admission process. Each applicant must respond fully to all inquiries. It is not acceptable for an applicant to give either an incomplete or misleading description of past events reflecting on the applicant's qualifications for admission to the bar.(b) The Board or any individual member may request any applicant to furnish additional information: (1) To supplement or explain answers to any question on the application;(2) As to the applicant's character or fitness to practice law;(3) As to the educational qualifications of the applicant, including information with respect to schools attended by the applicant;(4) As to the experience of the applicant; and(5) As to such other matters as may be considered germane to the provisions of this Rule.(c) The failure or refusal by any applicant to answer fully any question on the application or to furnish information or submit to examination as required by the application or pursuant to the provisions of this Rule shall be sufficient cause for the Board to refuse to allow such applicant to take the examination or to be admitted.(d) The Board or any individual member, as part of the character investigation of an applicant, may request an applicant to submit to a drug or alcohol screening test or be referred to the Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program (TLAP) for evaluation under Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 33.05(E)(3). Failure or refusal to submit to the drug or alcohol screening test or comply with TLAP recommendations for evaluation under Rule 33.05 shall be sufficient cause for the Board to deny such applicant a license. Amended by Order filed and effective 3/29/2019; amended by Order filed and effective 4/26/2019; amended by Order filed and effective 8/6/2020; and as amended by order filed and effective 10/31/2023.