14 chapters · 216 sections in this title.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-1-101 Reports to law enforcement officials of certain types of injuries — Immunity for reporting — Exception
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(a) (1) All hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, doctors, physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, undertakers, embalmers, or other persons called upon to tender aid to persons suffering from any wound or other injury inflicted by means of a knife, pistol, gun, or other deadly weap…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-1-102 Removing or disturbing body or other articles at scene of death unlawful — Exceptions
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(a) It is unlawful for any person to touch, disturb, move, or remove the body, clothing, personal effects, or weapons of, at, or near any person who has died or reasonably appears to have died from wounds or injuries inflicted by means of a knife, pistol, gun, or other deadly wea…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-1-103 Violation of §§ 38-1-101 and 38-1-102
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(a) Any person who knowingly fails to make the report required by § 38-1-101 within twenty-four (24) hours of tendering aid for any wound or injury as described in § 38-1-101 commits a Class A misdemeanor. (b) Any person in violation of § 38-1-102 commits a Class A misdemeanor.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-1-104 Autopsies authorized on application of district attorney general
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(a) Whenever the district attorney general of any judicial district in this state is of the opinion that any death occurring in any county in that district attorney general's judicial district has proceeded from a felonious cause, and that the cause of death cannot be adequately …