(a) An operator of an alkaline hydrolysis facility shall ensure that a written receipt is provided to the person who delivers a dead human body or body parts to the facility for resomation.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-5-805

  • Board: means the board of funeral directors and embalmers. See Tennessee Code 62-5-101
  • Casket: means a rigid container that is designed for the encasement of a dead human body and that is constructed of wood, metal, or another rigid material. See Tennessee Code 62-5-801
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Resomation: means the alkaline hydrolysis process. See Tennessee Code 62-5-801
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. 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
(b) If the dead human body is other than a body that was donated to science for purposes of medical education or research, then the receipt must be signed by both a representative of the alkaline hydrolysis facility and the person who delivered the decedent to the facility and must indicate:

(1) The name of the decedent;
(2) The date and time of delivery;
(3) The type of casket or container, if any, in which the decedent was delivered to the facility;
(4) The name of the person who delivered the decedent to the facility, if applicable;
(5) The name of the funeral home or other establishment with whom the delivery person is affiliated; and
(6) The name of the person who received the decedent on behalf of the facility.
(c) If the dead human body was donated to science for purposes of medical education or research, then the receipt must indicate the name of the person who received the decedent on behalf of the facility.
(d)

(1) At the time of releasing resomated remains, an operator of an alkaline hydrolysis facility shall ensure that a written receipt signed by both a representative of the facility and the person who received the resomated remains is provided to the person who received the resomated remains. Unless the resomated remains are those of a dead human body that was donated to science for purposes of medical education or research, or are those of body parts, the receipt shall indicate:

(A) The name of the decedent;
(B) The date and time of the release;
(C) The name of the person to whom the resomated remains were released;
(D) If applicable, the name of the funeral home, cemetery, or other entity to whom the resomated remains were released; and
(E) The name of the person who released the resomated remains on behalf of the alkaline hydrolysis facility.
(2) If the resomated remains are those of a dead human body that was donated to science for purposes of medical education or research or are those of body parts, then the receipt must be signed by both a representative of the alkaline hydrolysis facility and the person who received the resomated remains and the receipt must indicate the date and time of the release. For other resomated remains, the receipt must accompany the resomated remains. The signature of the person whose name is on the delivery receipt to accept delivery of the resomated remains satisfies the requirement of this section that the person receiving the resomated remains sign the receipt provided by the facility.
(e) An alkaline hydrolysis facility engaged in the business of resomating dead human bodies or body parts shall keep the following for a period of at least seven (7) years after the date of each resomation to which the information applies:

(1) A copy of each receipt issued upon acceptance by or delivery to the facility of a dead human body;
(2) A record of each resomation conducted at the facility, containing at least the name of the decedent or, in the case of body parts, the name of the decedent or living person from whom the body parts were removed, the date and time of the resomation, and the final disposition made of the resomated remains;
(3) A copy of each delivery receipt issued under this section; and
(4) A separate record of the resomated remains of each decedent or the body parts removed from each decedent or living person that were disposed of containing at least the name of the decedent; the date and time of the resomation; and the location, date, and manner of final disposition of the resomated remains.
(f) Records required to be maintained under this part are subject to inspection by the board, or an authorized representative of the board, upon reasonable notice and at a reasonable time.
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