56-6-120 - Investigations. - Tennessee Statutes

56-6-120. Investigations.

The commissioner may make investigations necessary for the proper administration of this part. For the purpose of making the investigations, the commissioner shall have inquisitorial powers and shall be empowered to subpoena witnesses and examine them under oath; provided, that all testimony, documents and other evidence obtained by the commissioner pursuant to this part shall be absolutely privileged and shall not be admissible as evidence in any private civil proceeding.

[Acts 2002, ch. 798, § 21.]