Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-212: Remand of rule that may constitute potentially unreasonable restraint of trade

Prior to a rule being filed by a regulatory board, as defined in § 4-4-125(a) , with the secretary of state pursuant to § 4-5-207 or § 4-5-208 , the commissioner or chief executive officer of the administrative department under which a regulatory board operates or to which a regulatory board is administratively attached, or a designee to the extent a conflict of interest may exist with respect to the commissioner or chief executive officer, will remand a rule that may constitute a potentially unreasonable restraint of trade to the regulatory board for additional information, further proceedings, or modification, if the rule is not consistent with a clearly articulated state policy or law established by the general assembly with respect to the regulatory board.