SB2684 - Tennessee: Death

Companion Bill HB2825. Death - Provides that the chief medical examiner or certain attending physicians are authorized to sign the death certificate in certain cases when death occurs outside of a medical institution. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 5. Fiscal Summary for *SB2684 / HB2825Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB2684 / HB2825 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. This requirement does not apply when inquiry is required by the medical examiner. This bill specifies [...]

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