Title 68, Health, Safety and Environmental Protection

(a) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift, not made by will, by:(1) A signed statement;(2) An oral statement made in the presence of two (2) individuals;(3) Any form of communication by a terminal patient addressed to a physician; or(4) The delivery of a signed statement…

An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by a writing signed in the same manner as a document of gift or any other writing used to identify the individual as refusing to make an anatomical gift. A terminal patient may refuse to make an …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body. An anatomical gift that is not revoked by the donor befo…

(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority listed:(1) A…

(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 68-30-109 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signe…

(a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift:(1) A hospital accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university, organ procurement organization, or other appropriate person for research or education;(2) Subject to subsecti…

(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:(1) A law enforcement office…

(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. (b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copyi…

(a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the department of safety and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual reside…

A person who acts in accordance with this part or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.

(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:(1) This part;(2) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or(3) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national a…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Advanced healthcare directive” means a power of attorney for healthcare or a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a healthcare decision fo…

In applying and construing this part, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

An electronic signature shall be valid as if written. This part modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit or supersede § 101(a) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and N…

Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to supersede or revoke, by implication or otherwise, any valid gift of the entire body to a medical school.

This part is known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Genomic Security and End Organ Harvesting Act.”

(1) As used in this part:(1) “Company” means a for-profit sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned…

(a) This part applies to a health benefit plan that is offered, issued, delivered, amended, or renewed by a health insurer to take effect on or after January 1, 2026. (b) A health insurer shall not knowingly provide coverage for a human organ transplant if:(1) The transplant oper…

(a) A medical facility or research facility shall not use genetic sequencers, or any operational or research software used for genetic sequencing, produced in or by a foreign adversary, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, a company domiciled within a foreign adversar…

(a) A medical facility or research facility shall not store genetic sequencing data within a foreign adversary. The medical facility or research facility shall not allow remote access to genetic sequencing data storage within its direction or control, other than open data, to a f…

(a) (1) On or before July 1 each year, under the penalties of perjury, each medical facility and research institution covered under this part shall certify to the commissioner of health that the facility or institution is compliant with this part.(2) On or before July 1 each year…

(a) If a person is a patient or research subject of an entity that is found guilty of a violation of § 68-30-204, and that person's genetic information was used in the violation, then the person is entitled to recover statutory damages of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,0…

(a) The health facilities commission is authorized to investigate allegations of violations of this part. (b) Any person may notify the health facilities commission of a violation or potential violation of this part. (c) The health facilities commission shall take no further acti…

(1) In the case of an autopsy performed by or under the authority of the chief medical examiner, county medical examiner or coroner having jurisdiction over the decedent's body, the medical examiner or coroner's physician may, for the purpose of medical research, education or the…

The chief medical examiner, county medical examiner, judge, or coroner permitting such pituitary gland removal, and any donee or agency acquiring such organ, shall be immune from civil or criminal liability incurred as a result of the removal in accordance with this part, if no o…

Persons professing a belief in or practicing the tenets of Christian Science shall be excluded from this part.

(a) It is unlawful for any person to acquire, receive or otherwise transfer any human organ for valuable consideration and for use in human transplantation if the transfer affects commerce. (b) Any person, firm, board, corporation or association who violates subsection (a) commit…

Any costs incurred at the request of an organ procurement agency or eye bank related to the evaluation of a potential organ and tissue donor, maintenance of organ or tissue viability following a death declaration, and removal of donated organs and tissues will be paid in full by …