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Tennessee
Health Care AI Act, AI mental health professional representation prohibition
Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-1-205 (Pub. Ch. 647, 2026)
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In force 84 days, effective 1 July 2026.
An AI sector rules rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not advertise or represent to the public that an artificial intelligence system you develop or deploy is, or is able to act as, a qualified mental health professional.
If you get it wrong
Penalty structure
Civil penalty of $5,000 per violation, notwithstanding the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act's general civil penalty limits; enforced as an unfair or deceptive act under that Act.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Fixed cap
- 5,000
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What it makes you log
Logging duty
The Act's single substantive duty bars representing an AI system as a qualified mental health professional, enforced as a Tennessee Consumer Protection Act violation with its own civil penalty. Read in full, it states no duty to create, keep, or produce a record of any kind.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 21 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
A new section of the mental health code bars a person who develops or deploys an artificial intelligence system from advertising or representing to the public that the system is, or is able to act as, a qualified mental health professional. A violation is a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 and, notwithstanding that act's ordinary civil penalty limits, carries its own civil penalty of five thousand dollars per violation.
The act defines artificial intelligence broadly as models and systems capable of performing functions generally associated with human intelligence, including reasoning and learning.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
official signed act text, Public Chapter 647 (2026), Tennessee Secretary of State
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