(a) The department has exclusive jurisdiction to provide an opportunity for an administrative review or evidentiary hearing to a blind individual under this part who is dissatisfied with any action arising from the operation or administration of the vending facility program.
(b) The aggrieved blind individual licensed by the department shall submit a written request to the director of services for the blind for an administrative review or a full evidentiary hearing pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated by the department, which shall be provided by the department to the blind individual. If the blind individual is dissatisfied with any action taken or decision rendered as a result of such hearing, that individual may file a complaint with the United States secretary of education for an arbitration hearing as provided by federal law and regulations.
(c) Nothing in this part shall be construed as a waiver of the state's sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States or under the Constitution of Tennessee.
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