With the consent of the physician or medical examiner who is to certify the cause of death, a body may be moved from the place of death for the purpose of being prepared for final disposition.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-3-507
Moving body from place of death
Known as the Vital Records Act
The act spans §§ 68–68 (57 sections).
Acts 1977, ch. 128, § 18; T.C.A., § 53-476.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.