Tennessee § 47-18-802 - Unlawful discrimination.

§ 47-18-802. Unlawful discrimination.

It is unlawful for any creditor or credit card issuer to discriminate between equally qualified individuals, whether male or female, or whether disabled, or to discriminate solely on account of marital status against any individual, with respect to the approval or denial of terms of credit in connection with any consumer credit sale, whether or not under an open end credit plan, any consumer loan, or any other extension of consumer credit, or with respect to the issuance, renewal, denial, or terms of any credit card. “Disabled,” as used in this section, means any physically disabled person who meets the requirements for disabled drivers established in § 55-21-102(3) and (4), and any other individual not otherwise covered under this section who is certified as disabled by a physician duly licensed to practice medicine in Tennessee. Any requirement of a public utility for the continuation of a utility service account in the name of the spouse in whose name the account was originally opened shall not be a violation of this section where both spouses reside in the same household and have the benefit of the utility service. Acts 1974, ch. 727, § 2; 1978, ch. 610, § 1; 1983, ch. 310, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 47-17-102 . Law Reviews. Selected Tennessee Legislation of 1983 (N. L. Resener, J. A. Whitson, K. J. Miller), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 785 (1983). Collateral References. Recovery of damages for emotional distress resulting from discrimination because of sex or marital status. 61 A.L.R.3d 944.