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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-57 > Chapter-5 > Part-6 > 57-5-60557-5-605. Vendor certification Rules and regulations Monitoring and enforcing compliance.
(a) A vendor who seeks certification as a responsible vendor shall provide to the commission, pursuant to procedures adopted by the commission, evidence of compliance with the requirements of this part. Upon satisfactory proof that the vendor has complied with the requirements, the commission shall certify the vendor as a responsible vendor. Certification as a responsible vendor shall be renewed every year. Responsible vendors may have their own training programs certified, or send their employees to any training program certified by the commission.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations for monitoring compliance by responsible vendors and for revoking or suspending a responsible vendor's certification for noncompliance with this part.
(c) The commission is authorized to monitor and enforce compliance with this part. The commission may impose fines on responsible vendors whose training programs fail to satisfy or maintain the requirements of this part or commission rules. The commission may further impose fines on vendors who hold themselves out as being a responsible vendor when in fact they do not hold that status. The commission may also impose fines on responsible vendors who willfully fail to comply with the requirements of this part.
(d) Determination of compliance with the responsible vendor program is the sole province of the commission.
[Acts 2006, ch. 864, § 6.]
