The Telecommunications Device Access Program (TDAP) is a program established in chapter 417 of the Public Laws of 1999 (the ACT). Its purpose is to provide adequate telecommunications devices to people with disabilities, so they can effectively use basic telephone services. The Tennessee Public Utilities Commission is responsible for implementing and administering this program. Visitors to the park must abide by the rules of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
These rules include equestrian support facilities or trails at Natchez Trace and Chickasaw in western Tennessee; Cedars of Lebanon and Fall Creek Falls in central Tennessee; and Pickett and Warriors' Path in East Tennessee. Additionally, Tennessee State Parks offer a 10% discount to Tennessee residents for overnight stays. The voluntary action closes public access to all abandoned caves, sinkholes, tunnels and mines on land owned by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture's Forestry Division. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Tennessee State Parks have taken steps to provide reasonable accommodations to their customers with disabilities, so they can participate in outdoor programs and activities. Disabled visitors, residents and non-residents of Tennessee who are disabled can get a twenty-five (25%) to fifty (50%) discount on camping fees charged at all parks in the Tennessee State Park System if they show satisfactory evidence of such disability.
Furthermore, no one may carry a handgun in a Tennessee state park unless they have a concealed or improved weapon permit or that complies with another exception to Tennessee Code annotated 39-17-1311 (a).
