Vital Records - As enacted, authorizes a medical examiner or attending or pronouncing physician in a hospital to file a death certificate; removes authority for a person acting as a funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body to file a death certificate; removes requirement for an attending physician or medical examiner to give notice for delay in completing medical certification for the cause of death to a person acting as a funeral director. - Amends TCA Title 68.
It became law on Mar 30, 2022.
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- Mar 30, 2022
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