§ 38-6-101 Bureau created – Director – Divisions of bureau
§ 38-6-102 Criminal investigation division – Criminal intelligence unit – Investigations into domestic terrorism – Emergency situation traffic stops
§ 38-6-103 Forensic services division – Purchase of breathalyzer tests by local governments
§ 38-6-104 Personnel – Injuries in the line of duty
§ 38-6-105 Retired agents
§ 38-6-106 Requests for investigative records – Background checks of appointees
§ 38-6-107 Certification of records by director
§ 38-6-108 Use of dogs to detect illicit substances
§ 38-6-109 Verification of criminal violation information
§ 38-6-110 Central registry for sexual offenders
§ 38-6-111 Disposal of gambling devices
§ 38-6-112 Requests by attorney general and reporter for assistance
§ 38-6-113 DNA analysis – Procedures for collection and preservation of human biological specimens
§ 38-6-114 Course of instruction concerning human trafficking
§ 38-6-115 Notification of the district attorney general
§ 38-6-116 Tennessee internet criminal information center
§ 38-6-117 Missing children registry
§ 38-6-118 Expunged criminal offender and pretrial diversion database
§ 38-6-119 Protection and security for facilities, employees, and grounds – Powers – Instruction
§ 38-6-120 Criminal history information compiled from intrastate sources – Fees
§ 38-6-121 Silver Alert program
§ 38-6-122 Blue Alert system
§ 38-6-123 Inventory of sexual assault collection kits
§ 38-6-124 Survey requesting information on best method for interfacing multiple computer databases to allow accessibility by patrolling police officers
§ 38-6-125 Help Find the Missing Act
§ 38-6-126 Transfer of fire investigations section within fire prevention division of department of commerce and insurance to bureau of investigation
§ 38-6-127 Applicability of endangered child and young adult alert program to endangered person under 21 years of age
§ 38-6-128 Electronic tracking system for sexual assault evidence collection kits and hold kits

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 38 > Chapter 6 > Part 1 - General Provisions

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Athletic trainer: means a person with specific qualifications as set forth in this chapter, who, upon the advice, consent and oral or written prescriptions or referrals of a physician licensed under this title, carries out the practice of prevention, recognition, evaluation, management, disposition, treatment, or rehabilitation of athletic injuries, and, in carrying out these functions the athletic trainer is authorized to use physical modalities, such as heat, light, sound, cold, electricity, or mechanical devices related to prevention, recognition, evaluation, management, disposition, rehabilitation, and treatment. See Tennessee Code 63-24-101
  • Board: means the board of athletic trainers. See Tennessee Code 63-24-101
  • Board: means the board of dietitian/nutritionist examiners. See Tennessee Code 63-25-103
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of health and includes designees of the commissioner of health. See Tennessee Code 63-26-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 63-25-103
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Division: means the division of health related boards within the department. See Tennessee Code 63-25-103
  • Electrologist: means any person practicing electrolysis for the permanent removal of hair. See Tennessee Code 63-26-102
  • Electrology: means the art and practice relating to the removal of hair from the normal skin of the human body by application of an electric current to the hair papilla by means of a needle or needles so as to cause growth inactivity of the hair papilla and thus permanently remove the hair. See Tennessee Code 63-26-102
  • Electrolysis: means the process by which the hair is removed from the normal skin by the application of an electric current to the hair root by means of a needle or needles, whether the process employs direct electric current or short wave alternating electric current or combination of both, or by FDA approved laser beam process designated for permanent hair removal. See Tennessee Code 63-26-102
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • 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
  • School: means an electrology school teaching the art of electrology. See Tennessee Code 63-26-102
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105