Tennessee § 38-7-101 - Short title.

§ 38-7-101. Short title.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Post-Mortem Examination Act.” Acts 1961, ch. 174, § 1; T.C.A., § 38-701. Cross-References. Autopsy by consent of persons having custody of body, § 68-4-111 . Evidence of crimes, title 38, ch. 1, part 1. Health authorities and recipients of dead bodies to be notified of communicable diseases or AIDS, § 68-5-102 . Inquests, title 38, ch. 5. Power of attorney for health care decisions, § 34-6-204 . Registration of persons acting as law enforcement officers, § 8-8-221 . Textbooks. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 4-103. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Criminal Procedure, § 26, 9 Tenn. Juris., Dead Bodies, § 2. Law Reviews. Criminal Law and Procedure (Robert E. Kendrick), 14 Vand. L. Rev. 1220. Attorney General Opinions. The Post-Mortem Examination Act, T.C.A. § 38-7-101 et seq., does not authorize a county medical examiner to deputize a non-physician investigator to perform the county medical examiner's powers and duties under the act, OAG 02-021 (2/26/02). Nothing in the Post-Mortem Examination Act, T.C.A. § 38-7-101 et seq., prohibits a county medical examiner from employing a non-physician to draw bodily fluids, take temperatures, or manipulate a body so long as such non-physician is carrying out such tasks under the supervision, direction, and control of the county medical examiner in order to assist the county medical examiner in performing the medical examiner's powers and duties under the Act, OAG 02-064 (5/17/02). Nothing in the Post-Mortem Examination Act, T.C.A. § 38-7-101 , prohibits a county medical examiner from employing such non-physician personnel as may be necessary in order to assist the county medical examiner in performing his powers and duties under the Act, as long as any such assistants act under the county medical examiner's supervision, direction, and control, OAG 02-064 (5/17/02).