Tennessee Code 62-5-809 – Delay of resomation
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-5-809
- Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Resomation: means the alkaline hydrolysis process. See Tennessee Code 62-5-801
- written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
If a person who signs the death certificate; a district attorney general; any law enforcement officer; or an emergency medical or rescue worker, emergency medical technician, or paramedic who attended the person immediately prior to or after the person’s death, signs a written statement requesting the delay of a resomation based upon a reasonable belief that the cause of death may have been due to other than accidental or natural causes, then the resomation of a dead human body must be delayed based upon that request.