Chapter
Disposition of Dead Bodies
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-101— Notice of death occurring while receiving medical attention or in institution — Action taken upon expiration of eight hours — Penalty
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-102— Disposition of unclaimed bodies of persons dying in charitable or penal institutions or to be buried at public expense
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-103— Persons dying in publicly-supported institutions or to be buried at public expense — Notice to relatives — Notice to chief medical examiner — Removal of body — Embalming — Infectious or contagious cases
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-104— Distribution of bodies among medical, dental and anthropologic institutions — Receiving institution to pay expense
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-105— Bodies to be used only for promotion of science — Surrender to relative upon demand
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-106— Resolution of conflict regarding the person authorized to direct disposition of remains in the event of death when military personnel in a duty status
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-107— Penalty for violations of §§ 68-4-102 — 68-4-109
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-108— Expenses to be borne by medical, dental and anthropologic institutions
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-109— Immunity from civil suit
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-110— Regulations governing disinterment
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-111— Autopsy by consent of persons having custody of body
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-112— Rigid containers not mandatory for remains of certain children
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-4-113— Cremation of unclaimed dead body