2016 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Safety
Chapter 101 - Miscellaneous Safety and Environmental Regulations
§ 68-101-104. Electric safety code for electric-supply stations and lines.

(a) The American National Standard Electrical Safety Code, edition dated August 1, 2011, prepared and published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 345 East 47th Street, New York, New York, 10017, is adopted by the general assembly for application for all processes within the state of Tennessee as the official electrical safety code, to provide a standard for safeguarding of persons from hazards arising from the installation, operation, or maintenance of:

(1) Conductors and equipment in electric-supply stations; and

(2) Overhead and underground electric-supply and communication lines, and work rules for the construction, maintenance, and operation of electric-supply and communication lines and equipment, and the provisions of such National Electrical Safety Code are adopted herein by reference and shall not be copied in the codified sections or provisions of the Tennessee Code.

(b) Future revisions or additions to the National Electrical Safety Code as may be adopted, deleted, revised or changed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., may be adopted, deleted, revised, or amended by the general assembly as and when the general assembly may elect to adopt any such revisions, additions, deletions, modifications or changes in the National Electrical Safety Code.

(c) A copy of the American National Standard Electrical Safety Code edition dated August 1, 2011, is available for viewing by the public at the office of the electrical inspection section in the department of commerce and insurance in the Davy Crockett Tower, 500 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, Tennessee, during regular state office hours.