Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-5-810

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Resomation: means the alkaline hydrolysis process. See Tennessee Code 62-5-801

This part does not permit the resomation of body parts from a decedent or living person at the request of a hospital or other institution. Only the individual from whose body the body parts were removed, or the individual’s duly appointed representative, may make arrangements with an alkaline hydrolysis facility for the resomation of body parts.