1. (1) Applications shall be filed electronically as prescribed in the application or using DPSA’s electronic forms portal.
2. (2) As to any filing requiring the payment of a fee, the fee must be submitted along with the filing or else the filing will be considered incomplete pursuant to Rule .07(1) of these rules.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-7-2005 and 49-7-2018. Administrative History: Original rule filed June 24, 1998; effective October 28, 1998. Amendment filed February 3, 2000; effective June 28, 2000. Repeal and new rule filed June 6, 2008; declared void and of no effect pursuant to Davidson County Chancery Court’s October 2011 order. See also Attorney General’s Opinion 11-78. Amendments filed April 1, 2013; to have been effective September 28, 2013. However, a petition for a rulemaking hearing was filed June 26, 2013. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission filed a withdrawal of the rule on July 26, 2013. Emergency rules filed August 15, 2016; effective October 3, 2016 through April 1, 2017. Repeal and new rules filed December 21, 2016; effective March 21, 2017. Amendments filed September 30, 2022; effective December 29, 2022.