Tennessee § 50-3-404 - Failure to correct violation of standard or regulation — Penalty.
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§ 50-3-404. Failure to correct violation of standard or regulation — Penalty.
Any employer who has received a citation for a violation of this chapter or standard or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and has failed to correct the violation within the period of correction of the citation, shall be assessed a penalty of up to seven thousand dollars ($7,000) for each day the violation exists. The period of correction may be suspended or lengthened by the commissioner upon a showing by the employer of a good faith effort to comply with the correction requirements, and that failure to comply with the correction requirements is due to factors beyond the employer's reasonable control. Acts 1972, ch. 561, § 11; 1977, ch. 111, § 21; T.C.A., § 50-533; Acts 1991, ch. 170, § 2.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 50-3-404 ("Failure to correct violation of standard or regulation — Penalty.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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