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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 50 - Employer and Employee
Chapter 6 - Workers' Compensation Law
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 50-6-103. Scope of chapter. [Applicable to injuries occurring prior to July 1, 2014.]
Universal Citation: TN Code § 50-6-103 (2017)
- (a) Every employer and employee subject to this chapter, shall, respectively, pay and accept compensation for personal injury or death by accident arising out of and in the course of employment without regard to fault as a cause of the injury or death; provided, that any person who has an exemption pursuant to § 50-6-104 or part 9 of this chapter shall not be bound if the employee has given, prior to any accident resulting in injury or death, notice to be exempted from this chapter as provided in this part.
- (b) The election by any employee who is a corporate officer of the employer to be exempted from this chapter, shall not reduce the number of employees of the employer for the purposes of determining the requirements of coverage of the employer under this chapter.
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