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TN Code § 68-2-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 2 - Local Health Services|Part 9 - Allocation Plan for Local Health Resources|§ 68-2-901. Development of Plan — Propositions

 In order to achieve an equitable allocation of local health resources, the department of health shall develop a plan to distribute state grant-in-aid funds to counties. This plan shall be based on the following propositions:   A base allocation shall be made to each county to ensure that a basic level of services can be provided. The base allocation shall provide for a minimum core staff;   A special needs fund shall be maintained for meeting special local health needs as determined by the commissioner of health;   The remainder of the funds shall be allocated based on a plan prescribed by the commissioner of health;   An annual plan shall be developed, which shall be subject to approval by the commissioner of health, the commissioner of finance and administration and the comptroller of the treasury; and   Each county shall submit an annual plan of expenditures pursuant to this section for approval by the commissioner of health.
TN Code § 68-2-1001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 2 - Local Health Services|Part 10 - County Physician|§ 68-2-1001. Selection — Term — Duties — Qualifications — Penalties — Compensation

  The county legislative body may elect a county physician for a definite term, not to exceed four (4) years, or may delegate to the county mayor the authority to retain, with the concurrence of the sheriff, a county physician. It is the duty of the county physician to provide medical and surgical attention within a reasonable period of time for persons confined in the county jail, for inmates of county homes for the indigent, and for other indigent persons as may be ordered by the county legislative body.   No person shall be qualified to hold the office of the county physician who is not a physician licensed to practice in Tennessee.   Any person who holds the position of county physician or undertakes to discharge the duties of the office, without being so qualified, commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each day any person undertakes to hold the office, or perform the duties of the office, without being so qualified, constitutes a separate offense.   Compensation of county physicians shall be such as the county legislative body may fix.
TN Code § 68-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 1 - Definitions and Administration|§ 68-3-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Vital Records Act of 1977.”
TN Code § 68-3-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 1 - Definitions and Administration|§ 68-3-103. Establishment of Office of Vital Records — Rules and Regulations — Enforcement — Registration Districts — Seal

 The department shall:   Establish an office of vital records with suitable offices, which shall be properly equipped with fireproof vault and filing cases for the preservation of all official records made and received under this chapter or under the regulations of the department;   Make and amend, with the approval of the public health council [repealed], regulations necessary for the creation and efficient performance of an adequate system of vital records, and give instructions and prescribe forms for collecting, transcribing, compiling and preserving vital records;   Enforce this chapter and the regulations made pursuant to this chapter;   Provide a seal of office;   Divide the state into vital records registration districts. The department may from time to time, as conditions justify, change their boundaries. The subdivisions of the state on July 1, 1977, shall be continued until changed by the department; and   Make and amend rules and regulations necessary for the tracking and disposition of an aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue resulting from surgical abortions.
TN Code § 68-3-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 1 - Definitions and Administration|§ 68-3-104. State Registrar

  The commissioner shall:  Appoint a state registrar of vital records, referred to as the state registrar in this chapter, who shall be qualified in accordance with classification standards of education and experience; and   In case of a vacancy in the office of state registrar, immediately appoint a successor.     The state registrar:  Under the supervision of the commissioner, shall act as agent of the commissioner and:  Shall have charge of the office of vital records and act as the custodian of all the certificates and records received by the state registrar and perform such other duties as the commissioner may prescribe; and   Shall be charged with the execution of this chapter and of the regulations of the department throughout the state and have supervisory power over the local registrars and deputy local registrars;     Shall prescribe, with the approval of the department, furnish, and distribute forms required by this chapter and the rules and regulations issued under this chapter or prescribe such other means for transmission of records as will accomplish the purpose of complete and accurate registration;   Shall assist in preparing and publishing reports of vital statistics of this state and other reports required by the department;   May establish or designate additional offices in the state to aid in the administration of the statewide system of vital records;   May delegate functions and duties vested in the state registrar to employees of the office of vital records and to employees of an office established or designated under subdivision (b)(4); and   Shall provide copies of certificates or reports required under this chapter or other information derived from the certificates or reports as the state registrar shall determine are necessary to local health agencies for local health planning and program activities. The state registrar shall establish a schedule for transmittal of the copies with each local health agency. The records or other information shall remain the property of the office of vital records and the uses that may be made of the records or other information shall be governed by the state registrar. A schedule for the disposition of the certificates, reports or data provided under this section and § 68-3-103 shall be established by the state registrar.
TN Code § 68-3-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 1 - Definitions and Administration|§ 68-3-106. Local Registrars

  The state registrar shall:  Appoint such number of local registrars for the registration districts as necessary. Full-time local health department personnel may be appointed local registrars;   Remove for cause any local registrar whose services are found to be unsatisfactory; and   Immediately appoint a successor in case of death, resignation, removal from the registration district, or removal for cause of any local registrar.     The local registrars and their deputies are charged with the duty of complying with all instructions of the state registrar, and of checking on the compliance by others with this chapter and with the regulations of the department.   Each local registrar, upon acceptance of such registrar's written appointment, shall recommend a deputy or deputies, and in case of death, resignation or removal of such deputy, a successor, subject to the approval of the state registrar.
TN Code § 68-3-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 2 - Records — General Requirements|§ 68-3-201. Kinds of Information Collected and Recorded

 The information collected and recorded under this chapter shall be such as will aid the public health of the state, and furnish and preserve evidence affecting personal and property rights of the individual citizen.
TN Code § 68-3-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 2 - Records — General Requirements|§ 68-3-202. Content of Certificates and Reports — Evidence

  In order to promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in the system of vital records, the forms of certificates, reports and other returns required by this chapter, or by regulations adopted under this chapter, shall include, as a minimum, the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics.   Each certificate, report and form required to be filed and registered under this chapter shall be on a form or in a format prescribed by the state registrar and shall contain the date received for registration.   Each certificate provided for in this chapter, filed within six (6) months after the recorded event occurred, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.
TN Code § 68-3-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 2 - Records — General Requirements|§ 68-3-204. Reproduction of Records

  To preserve vital records, the state registrar is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic or other reproductions of original records and files in the office of vital records.   The reproductions, when certified by the state registrar, shall be accepted as the original records.
TN Code § 68-3-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 2 - Records — General Requirements|§ 68-3-207. Fees for Copies and for Searches

   The department shall prescribe the fees to be paid for certified copies or certificates or records, or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made, or for copies or information provided for research, statistical or administrative purposes.   The department shall not collect any fee under this section for a copy of a death certificate for a deceased person who was a veteran of an armed service of the United States, if:  The person requesting the copy presents the department with adequate proof of the veteran status of the deceased;   The person requesting the copy is related to the deceased within two (2) degrees of collateral or lineal kinship; and   Not more than two (2) copies of the death certificate have been previously provided on behalf of the deceased veteran without collection of the fee.       Fees collected under this section by the state registrar shall be deposited in the general fund of this state, according to the prevailing procedures governing collection.
TN Code § 68-3-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 2 - Records — General Requirements|§ 68-3-208. Medical Records

 Medical records will be made available to the state registrar or any direct representative of the registrar for the limited purpose of gathering information on birth certificates, death certificates and reports of fetal deaths.
TN Code § 68-3-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 2 - Records — General Requirements|§ 68-3-209. Applicability to Previously Received Certificates or Reports

 This chapter also apply to all certificates of birth, death, marriage, and divorce, dissolution or annulment and reports of fetal death and induced termination of pregnancy previously received by the office of vital records or by any custodian of permanent local records.
TN Code § 68-3-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-301. Registration Generally — Attestation to Accuracy of Data

  A certificate of birth for each live birth that occurs in this state shall be filed with the office of vital records, or as otherwise directed by the state registrar, within ten (10) days after the birth and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with §§ 68-3-301 — 68-3-306.   Either parent of the child or any other knowledgeable informant shall attest to the accuracy of the personal data provided in sufficient time to permit the filing of a certificate within the ten (10) days prescribed by §§ 68-3-301 — 68-3-306.
TN Code § 68-3-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-302. Birth Inside Institution — Establishing Paternity — Acknowledgment of Paternity — Report

  When a birth occurs in an institution or en route to an institution, the person in charge of the institution, or that person's designated representative, shall obtain the data required by the certificate, prepare the certificate, certify that the child was born alive at the place and time and on the date stated, either by signature or by an approved electronic process, and file the certificate with the office of vital records or as otherwise directed by the state registrar within the required ten (10) days.   The physician in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the certificate to the institution's designated representative within seventy-two (72) hours after the birth.   Immediately before or after the birth of a child to an unmarried woman in a birthing institution, an authorized representative of the birthing institution shall provide to the mother, and, if present, the biological father:  Written and oral information concerning the alternatives to, the legal consequences of, the rights, and the responsibilities arising from the completion of the voluntary acknowledgment. The information shall be provided to the birthing institution by the department of human services, which shall develop the information in conjunction with the department of health. A videotaped or audio presentation will satisfy the requirement for the oral explanation.   An acknowledgment of paternity on a form approved pursuant to § 68-3-305(b), and shall provide the opportunity to complete and submit to the institution the acknowledgment form.     The birthing institution or other entity receiving the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity shall forward the original, signed acknowledgment of paternity to the office of vital records, and shall send a copy of the signed and notarized acknowledgment of paternity to the Title IV-D child support agency where the mother resides, if the mother or child is receiving temporary assistance pursuant to title 71, chapter 3, part 1, medicaid, TennCare, or any successor programs. Copies of the signed and notarized voluntary acknowledgment of paternity shall also be provided to the mother and father of the child. The copies shall be deemed originals.   The department of health shall annually assess the numbers of acknowledgments of paternity as compared with the numbers of out-of-wedlock births by each birthing institution, and shall prepare a report of the results, which shall be provided to the department of human services or other persons or agencies that request it.   Voluntary paternity establishment services through hospitals and the department of health shall be offered in accordance with federal regulations as prescribed by the secretary of health and human services.
TN Code § 68-3-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-303. Birth Outside Institution

 When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by one (1) of the following, in the indicated order of priority:   The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such person;   Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such person;   The father, the mother, or, in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred.
TN Code § 68-3-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-304. Birth in Moving Conveyance

  When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance within the United States and the child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be registered in this state and the place where it is first removed shall be considered the place of birth.   When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance while in international waters or airspace or in a foreign country, and the child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be registered in this state; but the certificate shall show the actual place of birth insofar as can be determined.
TN Code § 68-3-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-306. Birth From Artificial Insemination

 A child born to a married woman as a result of artificial insemination, with consent of the married woman's husband, is deemed to be the legitimate child of the husband and wife.
TN Code § 68-3-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-307. Infants of Unknown Parentage — Foundling Registration

  Whoever assumes the custody of a live-born infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed by the state registrar within ten (10) days to the office of vital records the following information:  The date and place of finding;   Sex, color or race, and approximate birth date of the child;   Name and address of the person or institution with whom the child has been placed for care;   Name given to the child by the custodian of the child; and   Other data required by the state registrar.     The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of birth.   A report registered under this section shall constitute the certificate of birth for the child.   If the child is subsequently identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, the report registered under this section shall not be subject to inspection, except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by regulation.
TN Code § 68-3-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-308. Delayed Registration of Birth

  When the birth of a person born in this state has not been filed within the time period provided in §§ 68-3-301 and 68-3-302, a certificate of birth may be filed in accordance with regulations of the office of vital records. The certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the office of vital records shall, by regulation, prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of birth.   A certificate of birth registered six (6) months or more after the date of birth shall be marked “delayed” and show on its face the date of the delayed registration.   A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.   When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required in the regulations for delayed registration or when the state registrar has reasonable cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statement or the documentary evidence, and if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not register the delayed certificate of birth and shall advise the applicant of the reason for this action.
TN Code § 68-3-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-309. Judicial Determination of Facts of Birth

  If a delayed certificate of birth is rejected under § 68-3-308, a petition signed and sworn to by the petitioner may be filed with a court of competent jurisdiction for an order establishing a record of the date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person whose birth is to be registered.   The petition shall allege that:  The person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in this state;   No certificate of birth can be found in the office of vital records; and   Diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain the evidence required in accordance with § 68-3-308 and regulations adopted pursuant to § 68-3-308.     The petition shall be accompanied by a statement of the state registrar made in accordance with § 68-3-308 and all documentary evidence that was submitted to the state registrar in support of registration.   The court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition and shall give the state registrar twenty-one (21) days' notice of the time and place for hearing the petition. The state registrar or the state registrar's authorized representative may appear and testify in the proceeding.   If the court finds, from the evidence presented, that the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in this state, it shall make findings as to the place and date of birth, parentage, and other findings the case may require, and shall issue an order to establish a certificate of birth. This order shall include the birth data to be registered, a description of the evidence presented, and the date of the court's action.   The clerk of the court shall forward each order to the state registrar no later than forty (40) days from entry of the order. The order shall be registered by the state registrar and shall constitute the authority for placing a delayed certificate of birth on file.   The person for whom the delayed certificate of birth is sought or the person's parent or legal guardian shall sign the delayed certificate form furnished by the state registrar before a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths, unless the registrant is deceased or deemed incompetent.