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TN Code § 38-6-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 6 - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation|Part 2 - Narcotics Investigation Division|§ 38-6-205. Members of Division — Qualifications — Drug Tests — Reassignment

  The narcotics investigation division shall consist of those agents transferred into the new division according to § 38-6-203 [deleted as obsolete], and an additional sixteen (16) agents. The division shall also include four (4) special agents in charge, two (2) secretaries, and one (1) executive secretary. The director, with the approval of the governor, may increase the number of persons employed in the narcotics investigation division, to any number as may be found feasible and necessary.   The assistant director and agents appointed shall be citizens of the United States and the state of Tennessee, and of good moral character. The agents and assistant director are required to satisfactorily complete a course of study at a United States department of justice federal drug enforcement agency operated school. If the federal drug enforcement agency ceases to operate these schools, the agents and assistant director shall satisfactorily complete a course of study, that includes current national drug trends and investigations, selected and approved by the TBI.   The narcotics investigation division may enter into agreements with bureaus, departments, or judicial drug task forces within the state of Tennessee or of other states or of the United States for the exchange or temporary assignment of agents for special undercover assignments and for performance of specific duties. The assistant director, at the direction of the director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation, is authorized to assign agents of the bureau to that duty and to request and accept agents from the other bureaus or departments for that duty.   At any time during the employment with the narcotics investigation division, the assistant director, at the direction of the director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation, may request an agent, employee, or other person working with the division, to submit to a mandatory drug test. Refusal to submit to take such drug test shall be grounds for dismissal.   All such agents shall be assigned to the narcotics investigation division; provided, that the director may, when necessary, temporarily reassign such agents to perform other duties within the bureau.
TN Code § 38-6-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 6 - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation|Part 2 - Narcotics Investigation Division|§ 38-6-206. Cooperation With Other Departments

 The narcotics investigation division of the Tennessee bureau of investigation shall have the full cooperation and cooperate fully with the state board of pharmacy, the state board of medical examiners, the department of health, the department of revenue, the department of safety, judicial drug task forces, the district and county attorneys, and the office of the attorney general and reporter, and all local law enforcement agencies.
TN Code § 38-6-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 6 - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation|Part 2 - Narcotics Investigation Division|§ 38-6-207. Presentation of Written Report to the General Assembly

 The director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation and the assistant director of the narcotics investigation division shall present a written report each year to the judiciary committee of the house of representatives and the judiciary committee of the senate. The report shall include, but shall not be limited to, the number of investigations currently under way by the division, investigations that resulted in arrests during the previous year, the number of such arrests that resulted in convictions, the class of felony or misdemeanor convictions resulting from such arrests, and the schedule of drug or drugs involved in such arrests and convictions. The report shall also include information regarding the levels of cooperation encountered among the various agencies, internally and otherwise, and other related information regarding the activities of the narcotics investigation division. The purpose of the report shall be to inform the general assembly as to the effectiveness and needs of the division. The above information shall be reported by race or ethnicity where available.
TN Code § 38-7-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-101. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Post-Mortem Examination Act.”
TN Code § 38-7-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-102. Post-Mortem Examination Division

 The department of health is authorized and empowered to create and maintain a post-mortem examination division or service. The division or service shall have as its functions the investigation of certain deaths as defined in this part, and the keeping of full and complete records of all reports on investigations and examinations made pursuant to this part. The commissioner of health, acting for the state and with the approval of the governor and considering the recommendation made by the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council, shall appoint a chief medical examiner to direct the division or service, and such other personnel as the commissioner may find appropriate to the enforcement of the duties and powers of this part. The commissioner is authorized and empowered to spend such funds as may be appropriated for the enforcement of this part, and to promulgate rules through the department of health to establish fees for autopsies, guidelines for death investigations and forensic autopsies, and other costs and services associated with this part.
TN Code § 38-7-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-103. Chief Medical Examiner — Deputies and Assistants — Duties and Authority

  The chief medical examiner shall be a physician with an unlimited license to practice medicine and surgery in the state of Tennessee, or who is qualified and eligible for such license, and shall be required to obtain a license within the six-month period after employment. The chief medical examiner shall be a pathologist who is certified by the American Board of Pathology and who holds a certificate of competency in forensic pathology. In addition to the chief medical examiner's other administrative duties, the chief medical examiner's educational duties shall include developing and providing initial training and regular continuing education to all county medical examiners and medical investigators. The chief medical examiner shall be appointed to a five-year term, and may serve unlimited consecutive terms.   The Tennessee medical examiner advisory council shall recommend to the chief medical examiner three (3) deputy state medical examiners, one (1) from each grand division of the state. The chief medical examiner, in consultation with the advisory council and with the approval of the commissioner of health, shall appoint the three (3) deputy state medical examiners and any assistant state medical examiners needed for regional administrative, professional and technical duties. The deputy medical examiners shall be based in one (1) of the state forensic centers. These state medical examiners shall have the same qualifications as the chief medical examiner. In addition to their other administrative, professional and technical duties, the deputy and assistant state medical examiners may lecture to medical and law school classes and conduct such special classes for county medical examiners and law enforcement officers and other investigators.   The chief medical examiner shall have investigative authority for certain types of death that are in the interests of the state, including mass fatality incidents, for the identification, examination and disposition of victims' remains, and instances that represent a threat to the public health or safety, or both.
TN Code § 38-7-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-105. Facility for Performance of Autopsies

  Except as provided in subsection (b), all autopsies must be performed at a facility accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME). An accredited facility must maintain accreditation and operate pursuant to NAME guidelines.   Autopsies may be performed at a non-accredited facility if:  The facility receives provisional accreditation from NAME within two (2) years of beginning operations;   The facility receives full accreditation from NAME within three (3) years of beginning operations; and   The facility operates pursuant to NAME guidelines.
TN Code § 38-7-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-106. When Autopsies Authorized — Notice to Next of Kin — Donor Eyes and Eye Tissues

  A county medical examiner may perform or order an autopsy on the body of any person in a case involving a homicide, suspected homicide, a suicide, a violent, unnatural or suspicious death, an unexpected apparent natural death in an adult, sudden unexpected infant and child deaths, deaths believed to represent a threat to public health or safety, and executed prisoners. When the county medical examiner decides to order an autopsy, the county medical examiner shall notify the district attorney general and the chief medical examiner. The chief medical examiner or the district attorney general may order an autopsy in such cases on the body of a person in the absence of the county medical examiner or if the county medical examiner has not ordered an autopsy. The district attorney general may order an autopsy in such cases on the body of a person in the absence of the county medical examiner or the failure of the county medical examiner to act. The authority ordering the autopsy shall notify the next of kin about the impending autopsy if the next of kin is known or reasonably ascertainable. The sheriff or other law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction shall serve process containing such notice and return such process within twenty-four (24) hours.   Notwithstanding subsection (a), if a request is received from an authorized official of a not-for-profit corporation chartered under the laws of the state, or authorized to do business in the state and certified by the Eye Bank Association of America to obtain, store and distribute donor eyes and eye tissues to be used for corneal transplants, for research and for other medical purposes, the county medical examiner may permit, at any time, the removal of the cornea or corneal tissue from the body of a deceased person in accordance with title 68, chapter 30, part 1.
TN Code § 38-7-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-107. Disinterment to Perform Autopsy

   When a person's death occurs under any of the circumstances set out in this part, any of the following persons may request the district attorney general in the district where the body is buried or interred to petition the appropriate circuit or criminal court judge in the district where a body is buried or interred to order a body disinterred:  A state or county medical examiner;   The district attorney general of the district in which it is claimed the death occurred;   The district attorney general of the district in which an act causing the death occurred; or   The district attorney general of the district in which the body is buried or interred, in the general's own discretion.     The grounds for disinterment under this subsection (a) are:  The person's death occurred under one (1) of the circumstances set out in this part;   The person was buried or interred before an autopsy could be performed; or   The disinterment will substantially assist in the collection of evidence for a pending criminal investigation, regardless of whether an autopsy was previously performed, or DNA, scientific, or forensic evidence was collected.     The petition shall specify whether the district attorney general is requesting disinterment for the performance of an autopsy, to collect scientific or forensic evidence, to collect a DNA specimen from the deceased, or any combination of the three (3).   The petition shall set forth the district attorney general's belief that the death in question is subject to post-mortem examination or autopsy as provided by this part and the reasons that support the district attorney general's belief as to the circumstances of the death. When known or reasonably ascertainable, a copy of the petition shall be served upon the next of kin of the deceased.   The petition may be presented during a term of court or in vacation and in:  The county in which it is claimed that the death occurred;   The county in which the act causing the death occurred; or   Any other county of a judicial district in which circumstances leading to the death were likely to have occurred.     The judge hearing a petition under this subsection (a) shall have the power and authority to rule upon the petition in any county in which the judge has jurisdiction.     Upon the presentation of the petition to the judge, the judge shall be authorized to consider the petition and in the exercise of sound judicial discretion, either make or deny an order authorizing the disinterment and an autopsy to be performed upon the body of the deceased. The cost of disinterment and autopsy shall be paid by the state as provided in § 38-1-104.
TN Code § 38-7-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-108. Death Under Suspicious, Unusual or Unnatural Circumstances

  Any physician, undertaker, law enforcement officer, or other person having knowledge of the death of any person from violence or trauma of any type, suddenly when in apparent health, sudden unexpected death of infants and children, deaths of prisoners or persons in state custody, deaths on the job or related to employment, deaths believed to represent a threat to public health, deaths where neglect or abuse of extended care residents are suspected or confirmed, deaths where the identity of the person is unknown or unclear, deaths in any suspicious/unusual/unnatural manner, found dead, or where the body is to be cremated, shall immediately notify the county medical examiner or the district attorney general, the local police or the county sheriff, who in turn shall notify the county medical examiner. The notification shall be directed to the county medical examiner in the county in which the death occurred.   Whenever a death occurs under the circumstances as set forth in this part, the body shall not be removed from its position or location without authorization by the county medical examiner, except to preserve the body from loss or destruction or to maintain the flow of traffic on a highway, railroad, or airport. No body subject to post-mortem examination as provided by this part shall be embalmed without authorization by the county medical examiner.    If a body is subject to post-mortem examination under this part, this part shall be suspended to the extent necessary for the preservation of any body or part of the body, as defined in § 68-30-102, where an anatomical gift of the body or part of the body has been made in accordance with the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 30, part 1.   Any physician, surgeon, undertaker, law enforcement officer, hospital, hospital personnel, or other person who acts in good faith in compliance with this subsection (c) for the purposes established shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for removing, transplanting, or otherwise preserving such body or part of a body.   This subsection (c) shall govern and supersede any conflicting provisions of law.   The chief medical examiner of the state and the organ procurement agencies serving the state shall develop a protocol for those instances in which this subsection (c) is applicable. The protocol shall be filed with the department of health and shall be reviewed and updated as necessary.
TN Code § 38-7-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-109. Investigation by County Medical Examiner

  When a death is reported as provided in § 38-7-108, it is the duty of the county medical examiner in the county in which the death occurred to immediately make an investigation of the circumstances of the death. The county medical examiner shall record and store the findings, and transmit copies according to the death investigation guidelines developed by the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council. In any event the county medical examiner is authorized to remove from the body of the deceased a specimen of blood or other body fluids, or bullets or other foreign objects, and to retain such for testing and/or evidence if in the county medical examiner's judgment these procedures are justified in order to complete the county medical examiner's investigation or autopsy.   When an autopsy is ordered by the district attorney general, the county medical examiner shall notify the chief medical examiner and the county medical examiner may perform the autopsy or shall designate and authorize a pathologist to perform the autopsy as provided in § 38-7-105.
TN Code § 38-7-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-112. Immunity of Persons Performing Examinations and Autopsies

 A person who in good faith performs a medical examination or an autopsy under this part is immune from civil or criminal liability in performing the authorized service.
TN Code § 38-7-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-113. Refusal or Neglect to Comply With § 38-7-108 — Penalty

 Any person who neglects or refuses to comply with § 38-7-108 commits a Class E felony.
TN Code § 38-7-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-117. Subpoena of Medical and Hospital Records

  An authorized post-mortem official acting under the control or direction of the chief medical examiner or a county medical examiner or performing an investigation pursuant to a court order or an order of a district attorney general is authorized to obtain, upon written request, or may subpoena through the appropriate district attorney general, all medical or hospital records maintained by individuals licensed under title 63 or by facilities licensed under title 68 that pertain to a case under investigation.   An authorized post-mortem official acting under the control or direction of the chief medical examiner or a county medical examiner or performing an investigation pursuant to a court order or an order of a district attorney general is authorized, through the appropriate district attorney general, to obtain, by judicial subpoena or through a court order in accordance with § 33-3-105, all records maintained by facilities licensed under title 33 that pertain to a case under investigation.   As used in this section:  “Authorized post-mortem official” means:  The chief medical examiner;   A county medical examiner;   A medical investigator;   A coroner;   A deputy or assistant state medical examiner or forensic pathologist under the control or direction of the chief medical examiner; or   A deputy or assistant county medical examiner or forensic pathologist under the control or direction of a county medical examiner; and     “Case under investigation” means any time during which an authorized post-mortem official conducts an investigation into a case of death.
TN Code § 38-7-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 7 - Post-Mortem Examinations|Part 1 - Post-Mortem Examination Act|§ 38-7-118. Delivery of Remains to Family Following Autopsy

 The body or remains of any dead human subject to an autopsy or pathology examination pursuant to this part shall be delivered to the next of kin as soon as practicable after the completion of the autopsy or pathology examination.
TN Code § 38-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 8 - Employment and Training of Police Officers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 38-8-101. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Campus police officer” means a person commissioned by an employing institution and rendered an oath to provide police services, enforce law, exercise arrest authority and carry firearms in accordance with § 49-7-118;   “Full-time police officer” means any person employed by any municipality or political subdivision of the state of Tennessee whose primary responsibility is the prevention and detection of crime, and the apprehension of offenders, and whose primary source of income is derived from employment as a police officer;   “Part-time police officer,” “temporary police officer,” “reserve police officer,” or “auxiliary police officer” means any person employed by any municipality or any political subdivision of the state of Tennessee whose primary responsibility is to support the full-time police officer in the prevention and detection of crime, apprehension of offenders, and assisting in the prosecution of offenders for appropriate remuneration in measure with specifically assigned duties or job description. Part-time police officers shall work not more than twenty (20) hours per week, for a total of not more than one hundred (100) hours per month. Any police officer who works in excess of the maximum hours as specified in this subdivision (3) shall be reclassified to a full-time status and must meet all requirements for standards and training as mandated under the law and peace officer standards and training commission rules. In any situation where an officer is temporarily assigned, for a period of one (1) month or less, to work more than twenty (20) hours per week, for a total of not more than one hundred (100) hours per month, the officer shall not be reclassified to a full-time status;   “Private special deputy” means a person who is employed and compensated by a resort area owner or management company to act as security and law enforcement for the resort area and whose qualifications and training requirements are equivalent to or superior to those required for a law enforcement officer under the standards established by the peace officer standards and training commission for law enforcement officers;   “Public safety officer” means a person who, in addition to being a commissioned campus police officer under § 49-7-118(i)(1), performs other significant duties such as certified firefighter, medical first responder or other tasks associated with homeland security based on the needs of a particular institution; and    “Special deputy” means any person who is assigned specific police functions as to the prevention and detection of crime and general laws of this state on a volunteer basis, whether working alone or with other police officers.   Any police officer working on a volunteer basis shall receive no pay or benefits, except for honorariums, and may be utilized for an unlimited number of hours.