Subject to the rules of law applicable generally to negligence, no physician or surgeon licensed by this state shall be liable civilly or criminally by reason of having performed surgical interruption of vas deferens or fallopian tubes, as the case may be, authorized by this chapter upon any person in this state.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-34-109
Physician liability for sterilization
Known as the Family Planning Act
The act spans §§ 68-34-101 to 68-34-111 (11 sections).
Acts 1971, ch. 400, § 1; T.C.A., § 53-4609.
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.