Tennessee § 38-5-107 - Surgeon or physician as witness.
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§ 38-5-107. Surgeon or physician as witness.
The coroner may also summon as a witness a surgeon or physician, when requested so to do by the district attorney general, to make examination of the body, including the performing of an autopsy, and give a professional opinion as to the cause of death, whose fee shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and the fee shall be allowed in the bill of costs. Code 1858, § 5303 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 75, § 2); Shan., § 7281; Code 1932, § 11882; Acts 1943, ch. 26, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 11882; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-407. Cross-References. Authority of district attorney general to act as criminal investigator, § 8-6-408 . Coroners, title 8, ch. 9. Prosecution for district attorney general, § 3-3-121 . Law Reviews. Dead Bodies — Unprivileged Autopsy, 19 Tenn. L. Rev. 369 (1946).
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Section 38-5-107 ("Surgeon or physician as witness.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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