Tennessee § 68-30-112 - Search and notification.

§ 68-30-112. Search and notification.

The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subdivision (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital. A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section, but may be subject to administrative sanctions. Acts 2007, ch. 428, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Former §§ 68-30-101 , 68-30-102 , 68-30-104 , 68-30-106 , and 68-30-108 – 68-30-117 (Acts 1969, ch. 35, §§ 1, 3, 5, 7-9; T.C.A., §§ 53-4201, 52-4202, 53-4204, 53-4206, 53-4208, 53-4209, 53-42-101 , 53-42-102 , 53-42-104 , 53-42-106 , 53-42-108 , 53-42-109 ; Acts 1983, ch. 84, § 1; Acts 1986, ch. 885, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1987, ch. 118, §§ 1, 3; 1990, ch. 1024, §§ 33, 34; Acts 1997, ch. 413, § 2-4; Acts 1999, ch. 49, § 1; Acts 2001, ch. 404, § 2; 2004, ch. 808, § 1-3; Acts 2005, ch. 348, § 1), concerning the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, was repealed by Acts 2007, ch. 428, § 1, effective July 1, 2007, and was replaced by the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gifts Act. For current provisions concerning the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gifts Act, see title 68, ch. 30, part 1.