HB0371 - Tennessee - Death

Companion Bill SB0232. Death - Provides that the chief medical examiner signs death certificate if treating physician cannot be located or patient did not die as a result of the illness for which the treating physican was seeing the patient. - Amends TCA Section 68-3-502. Fiscal Summary for HB0371 / *SB0232 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB0371 / *SB0232 Under present law, a funeral director, or person acting as funeral director, who first assumes custody of a dead body must obtain a medical certification from the physician in charge of the patient's care or, if that physician is unavailable, another physician designated by the treating physician or the chief medical officer of the institution in which the patient died. Under this bill, if there is no physician in charge of the patient's care, or if the [...]

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