Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 17 > Chapter 3 > Part 3 - Municipal Judges Conference

• Attorney general: means the office of the Tennessee attorney general and reporter. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Biological sample: means a human material known to contain DNA, including tissue, blood, urine, or saliva. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Consumer: means an individual who is a resident of the state. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Deidentified data: means data that:
  (A)

  (i) Cannot reasonably be linked to an identifiable individual. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
• DNA: means deoxyribonucleic acid. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
• Express consent: means a consumer's affirmative response to a clear, meaningful, and prominent notice regarding the collection, use, or disclosure of genetic data for a specific purpose. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
• First-party relationship: means the relationship between a company and a consumer from which the company has collected genetic data. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
• Genetic data: means data, excluding deidentified data, regardless of format, concerning a consumer's genetic characteristics, including:
  (A) Raw sequence data that results from sequencing all or a portion of a consumer's extracted DNA. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
• Genetic testing: means :
  (A) A laboratory test of a consumer's complete DNA, regions of DNA, chromosomes, genes, or gene products to determine the presence of genetic characteristics of the consumer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105