Section 0240-09-08-.19 - SEVERABILITY(1) If any provision of this rule or its application to any person, act, or practice is held invalid, the remainder of the rule or the application of its provisions to any person, act, or practice shall not be affected thereby.(2) If any provision of the Title IX regulations on which this rule is based is enjoined or held invalid or the Title IX regulations' application to any person, act, or practice is enjoined or held invalid, the remainder of this rule or the application of its provisions to any person, act, or practice shall not be affected thereby.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0240-09-08-.19
Emergency rules filed August 14, 2020; effective through February 10, 2021. Emergency rules expired effective February 11, 2021, and the rules reverted to their previous statuses. New rules filed November 13, 2020; to have become effective February 11, 2021. However, a 75-day stay of the effective date of the rules was filed January 15, 2021; new effective date to have been April 27, 2021. Withdrawal of the stay filed March 4, 2021; new effective date 3/31/2021.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-8-101(a)(2)(A), 49-8-203(a)(1)(D), and 49-8-203(a)(4).