# Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-109: Unfair insurance practice - Complaints for violations

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-109
- **Heading:** Unfair insurance practice - Complaints for violations
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 56 / Chapter 60 / Section 56-60-109

## Text

(a) It is an unfair insurance practice for the purposes of the Tennessee Unfair Trade Practices and Unfair Claims Settlement Act of 2009, compiled in chapter 8, part 1 of this title, to knowingly access a provider's services or exercise a provider's contractual discounts pursuant to a provider network contract if the access or exercise is not pursuant to a contractual relationship with the provider or with a contracting entity or third party who has a contractual relationship with the provider as specified in this chapter. (b) (1) To effectuate the purposes of this section, the department shall develop a complaint form for providers or others to submit alleging violations of this chapter. (2) Information provided in good faith to the department shall not make the provider or other individual or entity providing the information liable for civil damages as a result of providing the information. Acts 2009, ch. 466, § 10.
(a) It is an unfair insurance practice for the purposes of the Tennessee Unfair Trade Practices and Unfair Claims Settlement Act of 2009, compiled in chapter 8, part 1 of this title, to knowingly access a provider's services or exercise a provider's contractual discounts pursuant to a provider network contract if the access or exercise is not pursuant to a contractual relationship with the provider or with a contracting entity or third party who has a contractual relationship with the provider as specified in this chapter.
(b) (1) To effectuate the purposes of this section, the department shall develop a complaint form for providers or others to submit alleging violations of this chapter. (2) Information provided in good faith to the department shall not make the provider or other individual or entity providing the information liable for civil damages as a result of providing the information.
(1) To effectuate the purposes of this section, the department shall develop a complaint form for providers or others to submit alleging violations of this chapter.
(2) Information provided in good faith to the department shall not make the provider or other individual or entity providing the information liable for civil damages as a result of providing the information.
Acts 2009, ch. 466, § 10.

## Nearby sections

- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-101 Short title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T56_C60_S56-60-101.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-102 Chapter definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T56_C60_S56-60-102.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-103 Exceptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T56_C60_S56-60-103.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-104 Registration as a contracting entity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T56_C60_S56-60-104.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-105 Granting a third party access to a provider's health care services and contractual discounts pursuant to a provider network contract](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T56_C60_S56-60-105.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-106 Subsequent grants of access to another third party](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T56_C60_S56-60-106.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-107 Requirements for granting a third party access to the contracting entity's provider network - Refusal to accept contractual discount](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T56_C60_S56-60-107.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-108 Enforcement - Rules](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T56_C60_S56-60-108.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-60-109 Unfair insurance practice - Complaints for violations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T56_C60_S56-60-109.md)

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