Qualification for Responsible Vendor Status

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Intoxicating Liquors
  4. Beer
  5. Tennessee Responsible Vendor Act of 2006
  6. Qualification for Responsible Vendor Status

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In order to qualify for responsible vendor status, the vendor shall comply with the following requirements:

    1. Require each and every clerk to successfully complete a responsible vendor training program within sixty-one (61) days of commencing employment, whether the employment is for the first time, after rehiring, or for a different responsible vendor. Responsible vendors shall, prior to employing a clerk, verify with the commission that the clerk is eligible for certification;
    2. Each clerk shall successfully complete the responsible vendor training program and after doing so, receive a certificate of completion from the program trainer in a format that is in accordance with rules promulgated by the commission. The training program shall be a minimum of one (1) hour of instruction. A clerk shall not be authorized to sell beer for off-premise consumption, unless the clerk has successfully completed the responsible vendor training program and has received a certificate of completion or is within sixty-one (61) days of the date of hire. The original certificate of completion shall be maintained by the responsible vendor employing the clerk. The responsible vendor shall provide the commission with the names and other identifying information as required by the commission, of certified clerks within twenty-one (21) days of the date of training; and
    3. Each clerk shall be issued a name badge by the responsible vendor employer. The name badge must have the clerk's first name clearly visible. Clerks shall wear this name badge at all times during which they are on duty;
  2. Provide instruction for its employees approved by the commission, which shall include the following:
    1. Laws regarding the sale of beer for off-premise consumption;
    2. Methods of recognizing and dealing with underage customers; and
    3. Procedures for refusing to sell beer to underage customers and for dealing with intoxicated customers;
  3. Require all certified clerks to attend at least one (1) annual meeting, at which the responsible vendor shall disseminate updated information prescribed by the commission and the responsible vendor policies and procedures related thereto. In order for the clerk's certification to remain valid, the clerk must attend an annual meeting each year following the clerk's original certification; and the responsible vendor must keep records thereof. Responsible vendors shall notify the commission if a certified clerk does not attend an annual meeting as required by this section. The commission may, at any time, require responsible vendors to disseminate to certified clerks information from the commission that is related to changes in state law or commission rules; and
  4. Maintain employment and all responsible vendor training records of all clerks.


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