§ 38-7-103. Chief Medical Examiner — Deputies and Assistants — Duties and Authority
The chief medical examiner shall be a physician with an unlimited license to practice medicine and surgery in the state of Tennessee, or who is qualified and eligible for such license, and shall be required to obtain a license within the six-month period after employment. The chief medical examiner shall be a pathologist who is […]
§ 38-7-104. County Medical Examiner
A county medical examiner shall be appointed by the county mayor, subject to confirmation by the county legislative body, based on a recommendation from a convention of physicians resident in the county. A county medical examiner shall be a physician who is either a graduate of an accredited medical school authorized to confer upon graduates […]
§ 38-7-105. Facility for Performance of Autopsies
Except as provided in subsection (b), all autopsies must be performed at a facility accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME). An accredited facility must maintain accreditation and operate pursuant to NAME guidelines. Autopsies may be performed at a non-accredited facility if: The facility receives provisional accreditation from NAME within two (2) years […]
§ 38-7-106. When Autopsies Authorized — Notice to Next of Kin — Donor Eyes and Eye Tissues
A county medical examiner may perform or order an autopsy on the body of any person in a case involving a homicide, suspected homicide, a suicide, a violent, unnatural or suspicious death, an unexpected apparent natural death in an adult, sudden unexpected infant and child deaths, deaths believed to represent a threat to public health […]
§ 38-7-107. Disinterment to Perform Autopsy
When a person’s death occurs under any of the circumstances set out in this part, any of the following persons may request the district attorney general in the district where the body is buried or interred to petition the appropriate circuit or criminal court judge in the district where a body is buried or interred […]
§ 38-7-101. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Post-Mortem Examination Act.”