(a) In the filing of a claim, the claimant shall provide sufficient medical reports from physicians, surgeons, hospitals and other health care facilities to fully describe the injury suffered, the treatments rendered and the percentage of disability incurred, if disability benefits are requested by the claimant. At the time of final adjudication of the claim, medical reports submitted by the claimant may be returned to the claimant.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-13-110

  • Claimant: means any person or persons filing a claim for compensation under this chapter on such person's or persons' own behalf, the guardian of a victim if the victim is a minor, the legal representative of the estate of a deceased victim, or the dependents of the victim. See Tennessee Code 29-13-102
  • Victim: means a person who suffers personal injury or death as a direct and proximate result of any act of a person which is within the description of any of the offenses specified in §. See Tennessee Code 29-13-102
(b) If an examination of the victim and a report thereon, or a report on the cause of death of the victim, would be of material aid, a duly qualified impartial physician may be appointed to make such an examination or report, with due regard to the religious tenets of the claimant.
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