50-6-413 - In-state claims office or adjuster required Authority of office or adjuster. - Tennessee Statutes

50-6-413. In-state claims office or adjuster required Authority of office or adjuster.

Every workers' compensation insurer that provides insurance for Tennessee workers' compensation claims, and every workers' compensation division-approved self-insured employer, shall be required to maintain a workers' compensation claims office or to contract with a claims adjuster located within the borders of the state. The claims office or adjuster has authority to commence temporary total disability benefits and medical benefits if so ordered by the claims coordinator or by a court at a show cause hearing.

[Acts 1992, ch. 900, § 27.]