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U.S. State Codes
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Tennessee
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Title 38 - Prevention and D...
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Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Exa...
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Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act
Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act
§ 38-7-101. Short title.
§ 38-7-102. Post-mortem examination division.
§ 38-7-103. Chief medical examiner -- Deputies and assistants -- Duties and authority.
§ 38-7-104. County medical examiner.
§ 38-7-105. Facility for performance of autopsies.
§ 38-7-106. When autopsies authorized -- Notice to next of kin -- Donor eyes and eye tissues.
§ 38-7-107. Disinterment to perform autopsy.
§ 38-7-108. Death under suspicious, unusual or unnatural circumstances.
§ 38-7-109. Investigation by county medical examiner.
§ 38-7-110. Records received as evidence -- Person preparing report may be subpoenaed as witness -- Reports as public documents -- Release of reports.
§ 38-7-112. Immunity of persons performing examinations and autopsies.
§ 38-7-113. Refusal or neglect to comply with § 38-7-108 -- Penalty.
§ 38-7-117. Subpoena of medical and hospital records.
§ 38-7-118. Delivery of remains to family following autopsy.
§ 38-7-119. Unauthorized video or audio recordings of autopsies.