{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-18-1703","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-1703","heading":"Prohibited acts","body":"No employment agency, or employer thereof, shall:\n(1) Impose any fee on candidates except for furnishing of employment directly or indirectly through the efforts of such employment agency;\n(2) Impose any fee on any candidate prior to the time at which that candidate has secured a job;\n(3) Engage or attempt to engage in the splitting or sharing of fees with an employer, or an employee of an employer, to whom employment agency services have been furnished;\n(4) Impose any fee for employing or training a person as a personnel consultant with such employment agency;\n(5) Make, give or cause to be made or given to any candidate any false promise, misrepresentation, or inaccurate or misleading statement or information;\n(6) Procure or attempt to procure the discharge of any person from such person's employment;\n(7) Induce or attempt to induce any employee placed by the employment agency to leave such employment, except upon request made and initiated by such employee;\n(8) Knowingly refer any candidate to employment which is prohibited by law, or deleterious to health or morals;\n(9) Refer any candidate for an interview without having first obtained, either orally or in writing, a bona fide job order or recruiting assignment from an employer for an interview;\n(10) Make or cause to be made or use any name, sign or advertising device bearing a name which may be reasonably confused with the name of a government agency;\n(11) Knowingly publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, deceptive or misleading information, representation, permission, notice or advertisement;\n(12) Require any candidate to contract with a specified lending agency to pay employment agency service charges; or\n(13) Knowingly and willfully violate any law of this state or the United States.","path":["TN Code","Title 47","Chapter 18"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"eb579213e2fb98dd0beede91d835a1ffcc0dfd1e0b4981e00e770a9324fdee08","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-18-1702","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-18-1704"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}