Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.

This bill requires applicants for a technician certificate of registration, master barber certificate of registration, barber instructor certificate of registration, cosmetologist license, manicuring license, cosmetology instructor license, aesthetician license, or natural hair styling license to obtain, at no cost to the applicant, up to one hour of online or in-person training by a nonprofit on domestic violence. A person who holds a certificate of registration for any such profession as of December 31, 2021, and who is renewing the certificate of registration must successfully complete the training by December 31, 2025, at no cost to the person. The training required by this bill must be provided by a nonprofit anti-domestic violence organization recognized by the Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault on domestic violence that focuses on how to recognize the signs of domestic violence, how to respond to these signs, and how to refer a client to resources for victims of domestic violence. This bill provides that a person who holds a certificate of registration and the employer of that person, who responds to signs of domestic violence with a client, refers a client to resources for victims of domestic violence, or fails to respond or refer will not be civilly or criminally liable for those actions or inactions. Also, a person who holds a certificate of registration and the employer of that person, who so responds, refers, or fails to respond or refer will not be subject to the jurisdiction of any board by those actions or inactions. ON MARCH 8, 2021, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 216, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that the training required by this bill must be provided by a nonprofit anti-domestic violence organization recognized by the "Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault" rather than the "Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault."