{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-6-2117","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-2117","heading":"Prohibition against nonpublic schools employing or permitting driver convicted of violations","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no private school, as defined in § 49-6-3001 , or church related school, as defined in § 49-50-801(a) , shall employ or permit a person to drive a school bus in this state who, within five (5) years of the person's application to be employed or serve as a school bus driver, has been convicted in this state, or in any other jurisdiction pursuant to a law prohibiting the same conduct, of a violation of any of the following: (1) Driving under the influence of an intoxicant as prohibited by § 55-10-401 ; (2) Vehicular assault as prohibited by § 39-13-106 ; (3) Vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-213(a)(2) ; (4) Aggravated vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-218 ; (5) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance as prohibited by § 39-17-417 ; or (6) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance analogue as prohibited by § 39-17-454 . (b) It shall be the responsibility of the private school or church related school to determine whether any person employed by the school to drive a school bus is in compliance with this section. Acts 2002, ch. 820, § 2; 2012 , ch. 848, § 41.\n(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no private school, as defined in § 49-6-3001 , or church related school, as defined in § 49-50-801(a) , shall employ or permit a person to drive a school bus in this state who, within five (5) years of the person's application to be employed or serve as a school bus driver, has been convicted in this state, or in any other jurisdiction pursuant to a law prohibiting the same conduct, of a violation of any of the following: (1) Driving under the influence of an intoxicant as prohibited by § 55-10-401 ; (2) Vehicular assault as prohibited by § 39-13-106 ; (3) Vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-213(a)(2) ; (4) Aggravated vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-218 ; (5) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance as prohibited by § 39-17-417 ; or (6) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance analogue as prohibited by § 39-17-454 .\n(1) Driving under the influence of an intoxicant as prohibited by § 55-10-401 ;\n(2) Vehicular assault as prohibited by § 39-13-106 ;\n(3) Vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-213(a)(2) ;\n(4) Aggravated vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-218 ;\n(5) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance as prohibited by § 39-17-417 ; or\n(6) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance analogue as prohibited by § 39-17-454 .\n(b) It shall be the responsibility of the private school or church related school to determine whether any person employed by the school to drive a school bus is in compliance with this section.","path":["TN Code","Title 49","Chapter 6"],"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":"ac6cd65feaca70852b31dffe14c6207d4eddbe4f1d6215edd9d79b1d43521d37","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-6-2116","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-6-2118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}