Tennessee § 4-5-212 - Remand of rule that may constitute potentially unreasonable restraint of trade.

§ 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 § 4-4-126(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. Acts 2017, ch. 230, § 2. Compiler's Notes. For the Preamble to the act relative to the doctrine of state antitrust immunity and the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission , 135 S. Ct. 1101 (2015), please refer to Acts 2017, ch. 230. Effective Dates. Acts 2017, ch. 230, § 3. April 24, 2017.