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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-3-504

  • Fetal death: means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception. See Tennessee Code 68-3-102
  • File: means to present a vital record provided for in this chapter for registration by the office of vital records. See Tennessee Code 68-3-102
  • Institution: means any establishment, public or private, that provides inpatient or outpatient medical, surgical or diagnostic care or treatment or nursing, custodial or domiciliary care, or to which persons are committed by law. See Tennessee Code 68-3-102
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Physician: means a person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy pursuant to the laws of this state. See Tennessee Code 68-3-102
  • 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
  • Vital records: means certificates or reports of birth, death, marriage, divorce or annulment and other records related thereto. See Tennessee Code 68-3-102
(1) Each fetal death of three hundred fifty (350) grams or more or of twenty (20) completed weeks’ gestation or more, that occurs in this state, shall be reported to the office of vital records within ten (10) days after delivery.
(2) When a dead fetus is delivered in an institution, the person in charge of the institution, or the person’s designated representative, shall prepare and file the report.
(3) When a dead fetus is delivered outside an institution, the physician in attendance at or immediately after the delivery shall prepare and file the report.
(b) The name of the father shall be entered on the fetal death report, in accordance with § 68-3-305.
(c) When a fetal death required to be reported by this section occurs without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery, or when inquiry is required, the medical examiner shall investigate the cause and shall prepare and file the report.
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