Who needs a health club registration and bond in Tennessee?

Issued by Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs (Health Club Act, Tennessee Code 47-18-301 and following), at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.

2 of the 20 kinds of business in Tennessee

Any gym, fitness studio or club selling memberships registers before it opens and files the bond before registration is granted; the bond stays in force two years after the location closes. Contracts carry the Act’s cancellation and refund terms. A studio selling only drop-in classes should ask the Division whether it is a health club under the Act, which the Attorney General has read to cover group exercise.

Draft. This row was drafted from the agency’s own page and has not yet been confirmed against it. Confirm it with the agency before you pay anything.

Step 4 of 6: Get the permits for your kind of business

  1. Set up the business
  2. Register for tax
  3. Approve the space
  4. Get the permits for your kind of business
  5. Alcohol permits
  6. Before the first hire

Issued by Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs (Health Club Act, Tennessee Code 47-18-301 and following).

Sources and dates

Public Chapter 339 of 2015 (Senate Bill 83) amending the Health Club Act; Tennessee Code 47-18-303 and 47-18-318; Attorney General opinion 15-74. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.

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