If the Board chair is incapacitated or unavailable, the Board vice-chair may serve as Board chair at meetings, sign subpoenas, orders, or other documents in place of the Board chair, or exercise any other authority ordinarily delegated to the Board chair. The Board chair may only be found to be incapacitated or unavailable by a Board vote at a meeting; or, outside of a Board meeting, by:

1. (1) Agreement of Board staff and the Board vice-chair; or
2. (2) The Board chair’s written notification of unavailability.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-201, et seq., and 7-82-702. Administrative History: New rules filed January 23, 2023; effective April 23, 2023. Amendments filed May 5, 2025; effective August 3, 2025.