Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1340 - Safety and Homeland Security
Subtitle 1340-01 - Driver Control Division
Chapter 1340-01-04 - Tennessee Driver Improvement Program
Section 1340-01-04-.01 - PURPOSE

(1) To establish a uniform system for conducting a Driver Improvement Program whereby the Department is authorized to evaluate driver records based on accidents and/or convictions for moving traffic violations and to establish and assign point values according to the seriousness of the accidents or convictions for moving traffic violations, and whereby a driver may, after notice and the opportunity for a hearing to contest the records of the Department of Safety, be required to enter into a rehabilitation procedure and/or have the driver's driving privileges suspended when the records of the Department indicate that the driver has contributed to the occurrence of accidents and/or has been convicted of moving traffic violations and has accumulated sufficient points, or when the Department has reason to believe that the driver is unable to safely operate a motor vehicle due to physical or mental disability.