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TN Code § 68-3-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-310. New Certificate of Birth — Prerequisites

 The state registrar shall prepare a new certificate of birth for a person born in Tennessee, upon receipt of required legal documents, as provided in the following cases:   Adoption.  A certified copy of adoption or certified copy of final decree of adoption and request for new certificate of birth by adoption;   Legitimation by Court Order in Cases Where the Parents Have Never Married.  A certified copy of an order of legitimation that establishes the relationship of parent and child between the petitioner and child named in the petition, decrees the name the child is to bear, and a request for new certificate of birth by legitimation on a form provided by the state registrar that furnishes information for locating the certificate of birth in the original name and information concerning parents to be entered on the new certificate;   Legitimation by Subsequent Marriage of Parents.  A certified copy of the marriage certificate or certificate of marriage of parents, and affidavits of the mother and father acknowledging paternity on a form provided by the state registrar. The form shall furnish information for locating the certificate of birth in the original name and information concerning the parents to be entered on the new certificate. If the father is deceased, in lieu of the father's affidavit, the state registrar shall accept a certified copy of a bill or petition for divorce or sworn answer to a bill or petition for divorce properly filed, in which the husband, by oath, acknowledged himself as father of the child or children named in the bill or petition for divorce or the answer, or a certified copy of an order, judgment or decree in which the court determined the deceased husband to be the father of the child or children and had acknowledged paternity of the child or children, whether heard on an ex parte or contested proceeding;   Order of Paternity.  A certified copy of an order of paternity or a certificate of paternity on a form provided by the state registrar that furnishes information for locating the certificate of birth in the original name, establishes the name of the father, and decrees the name the child is to bear; and   Report of Foreign Birth.  The state registrar shall prepare a report of foreign birth for a child not born in any state, territory or possession of the United States whose adoptive parents are residents of Tennessee when required adoption papers have been received from a court of competent jurisdiction in Tennessee.
TN Code § 68-3-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-311. New Certificate of Birth — Adoptions, Legitimations, and Orders of Paternity — Preparation and Filing

   New certificates of birth shall be prepared on adoptions, legitimations and orders of paternity only.   All orders of adoption, legitimation and paternity shall be final, and all required legal papers placed on file in the office of vital records.   The certificate of birth in the original name shall be removed from the volume and a record inserted that shall show the original certificate number, date removed and code citation.   The birth shall have occurred in Tennessee and a certificate of birth in the original name shall be on file in the department.      The new certificate shall be prepared on a standard form in current use in the department and shall be signed by the state registrar in the space provided for the signature of the attendant at birth.   The new certificate shall show the date of birth, place of birth, sex, and date of filing as shown on the certificate of birth in the original name.   A new certificate of birth by adoption shall show the residence of the adoptive parent or parents as at the time the final order of adoption was granted.      When a final order of adoption has been granted to only one (1) petitioner and upon receipt of a certified request of the petitioner, the word “adoption” may be entered on the new certificate of birth in the space provided for the information concerning the other parent.   The certified request shall be furnished to the state registrar prior to the preparation of the new certificate.   A new certificate of birth by adoption shall not be prepared if so requested by the court that granted the adoption, the adoptive parent or parents, or the adopted person.      A certificate of birth in the original name that indicates a legitimate birth and another person as father shall not be removed for the preparation of a new certificate of birth by legitimation, unless an order from a court of competent jurisdiction refuting such facts as set forth by regulation is furnished to the state registrar.   A new certificate of birth shall not be prepared for the person in the instance where the person's father and mother were married prior to the birth of the person and the original certificate indicates another person as father or an illegitimate birth.   The certificate of birth in the original name shall be amended in accordance with regulations to show correct facts at the time of the birth.     Upon receipt from the juvenile court clerk of an order of legitimation as provided in § 36-2-206 [repealed], or an order of paternity, a new certificate of birth shall be issued, regardless of the age of the person named in any such order.   When an order of paternity has been granted on an unborn infant, the original certificate of birth shall be prepared and filed in accordance with the laws and regulations of the department, and a new certificate by paternity shall be prepared upon receipt of the required legal papers from the court.
TN Code § 68-3-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-312. New Certificate of Birth — Court Report of Adoption

  For each final decree of adoption by a court of competent jurisdiction in Tennessee, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar.   For each amendment or annulment of an order of adoption, the clerk of the court shall prepare a report thereon, which shall include such facts as are necessary to identify the original report of adoption and those facts amended in the adoption decree, and forward a certified copy of the report to the state registrar.   The child-placing agency or, in family adoptions, the attorney or petitioners, shall complete, on a form furnished by the state registrar, the request for a new certificate of birth by adoption and shall file this form with the clerk of the court to be forwarded to the state registrar with the certified report of adoption when the final order has been granted. This form shall furnish information for locating the certificate of birth in the original name and information concerning the adoptive parent or parents to be entered on the new certificate. The form shall be signed by the petitioner or petitioners to whom the final decree was granted and, in stepparent adoptions, the adoptive and natural parent.   No later than the tenth day of each calendar month or as directed by the state registrar, the clerk of the court shall forward to the state registrar the certified report of adoption, annulment or amendment to the adoption decree and the request for a new certificate of birth by adoption.   When the state registrar receives a report of adoption, annulment or amendment to the decree of adoption from the clerk of the court for a person born in another state, the report shall be forwarded to the state registrar in the state of birth. If the birth occurred in a foreign country, the report of adoption shall be returned to the attorney or agency handling the adoption for submission to the appropriate federal agency.   Upon receipt of a certified copy of the final decree of adoption, or certified report of adoption prepared in accordance with the laws of another state or foreign country, and the request for a new certificate of birth by adoption, the state registrar shall prepare and file a new certificate of birth in the adopted name for a person born in Tennessee, if not in conflict with Tennessee adoption laws.
TN Code § 68-3-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-313. New Certificate of Birth — Sealing of Documents

   All legal documents pertaining to the adoption, legitimation or order of paternity, together with the certificate of birth in the original name, shall be placed in an envelope and sealed following the preparation of the new certificate.   These sealed documents shall be preserved in a fireproof vault in the department and shall not be removed from that office, except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.   The sealed documents shall be opened by the state registrar for the purpose of issuing a copy of the certificate in the name at birth, upon receipt of a certified copy of an order of the court that granted the adoption, legitimation, or order of paternity or in legitimations by subsequent marriage of the parents or upon receipt of a directive from the department of human services consistent with § 36-1-126, § 36-1-127 or § 36-1-130.   Upon receipt of a certified copy of an order from the court of competent jurisdiction ordering the annulment of an order of adoption, legitimation, or order of paternity or the replacement of a certificate of birth in the original name on file, the state registrar shall open the sealed documents, replace the certificate of birth in the original name in the volume of births in which originally filed, remove the new certificate, and place it under seal with the legal documents and the certified copy of the court order.     When a new certificate of birth has been filed by the state registrar, all copies of the record of birth in the original name in the custody of any other party shall be forwarded to the state registrar upon receipt of the state registrar's request.
TN Code § 68-3-314 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 3 - Births|§ 68-3-314. Notice to Be Provided to Parent or Legal Guardian of Newborn Child Regarding Security Freezes on Records of Individuals Under 16 Years of Age

 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 provide the notice described in § 47-18-2111(m), to the mother, father, or legal guardian of the child; or   On a moving conveyance as described in § 68-3-304, the office of vital records shall provide the notice described in § 47-18-2111(m), to the mother, father, or legal guardian of the child in conjunction with any issued certificate of birth.
TN Code § 68-3-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 4 - Marriages, Annulments and Divorces|§ 68-3-401. Marriage Registration

  A record of each marriage performed in this state shall be filed with the office of vital records and shall be registered, if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.   The official who issues the marriage license shall prepare the record on the form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar on the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married. The form for a certificate of marriage shall contain a place for the recording of the married persons' social security numbers, and those numbers shall be recorded on the certificate and on any forms necessary to prepare such certificate. This information shall be provided in the record submitted to the office of vital records by the county clerk.   Every person who performs a marriage shall certify the fact of marriage and return the record to the official who issued the license within three (3) days after the ceremony.   Every official issuing marriage licenses shall complete and forward to the office of vital records, on or before the tenth day of each calendar month, the records of marriages filed with the official during the preceding calendar month.   A marriage record not filed within the time prescribed by statute may be registered in accordance with regulations of the office of vital records.   If a license to marry has been obtained by incorrect identification, the fraudulent record shall be voided and a correct certificate of marriage placed on file by order of the court in the county where the license was issued, in accordance with regulations established by the department.
TN Code § 68-3-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 4 - Marriages, Annulments and Divorces|§ 68-3-402. Divorce, Dissolution of Marriage, and Annulment — Registration

  For each divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment granted by any court in this state, a record shall be filed by the clerk of the court with the office of vital records and shall be registered, if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.   The clerk of the court shall complete and forward to the office of vital records, on or before the tenth day of each calendar month, the record of each divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment filed with the clerk during the preceding calendar month. The form for a certificate of divorce shall contain a place for the recording of the divorced persons' social security numbers and such numbers shall be recorded on the certificate and any forms necessary to prepare such certificate. This information shall be provided in the record submitted to the office of vital records by the court clerk.
TN Code § 68-3-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 5 - Deaths|§ 68-3-501. Uniform Determination of Death Act

  This section may be cited as the “Uniform Determination of Death Act.”   An individual who has sustained either:  Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions; or   Irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem;  is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.      This section shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this section among states enacting it.
TN Code § 68-3-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 5 - Deaths|§ 68-3-503. Delayed Registration of Death

  When a death occurring in this state has not been registered within the time period prescribed by § 68-3-502, a certificate may be filed in accordance with the regulations of the department. The certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the department shall, by regulation, prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of death.   Certificates of death registered six (6) months or more after the date of death shall be marked “delayed.”
TN Code § 68-3-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 5 - Deaths|§ 68-3-504. Reports of Fetal Death

   Each fetal death of three hundred fifty (350) grams or more or of twenty (20) completed weeks' gestation or more, that occurs in this state, shall be reported to the office of vital records within ten (10) days after delivery.   When a dead fetus is delivered in an institution, the person in charge of the institution, or the person's designated representative, shall prepare and file the report.   When a dead fetus is delivered outside an institution, the physician in attendance at or immediately after the delivery shall prepare and file the report.     The name of the father shall be entered on the fetal death report, in accordance with § 68-3-305.   When a fetal death required to be reported by this section occurs without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery, or when inquiry is required, the medical examiner shall investigate the cause and shall prepare and file the report.
TN Code § 68-3-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 5 - Deaths|§ 68-3-505. Reports of Abortions — Information to Be Included

  Each induced termination of pregnancy that occurs in this state shall be reported to the office of vital records within ten (10) days after the procedure by the person in charge of the institution in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. If the induced termination of pregnancy was performed outside an institution, the attending physician shall prepare and file the report. Each such report shall indicate whether the abortion involved a surgical procedure and, if so, which method was employed, and shall indicate which method authorized by the rules of the board for licensing healthcare facilities was employed to dispose of the aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue. If the aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue was transferred to a third party for disposition, the report shall indicate the name and address of the third party and the date of the transfer.   The individual undergoing the induced termination of pregnancy shall not be identified by name on the report, though some means of identification shall be used to provide retrieval of further information if necessary.
TN Code § 68-3-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 5 - Deaths|§ 68-3-506. Authorization for Final Disposition of a Dead Fetus

  Prior to final disposition of a dead fetus, regardless of the duration of pregnancy, the funeral director, the person in charge of the institution, or other person assuming responsibility for final disposition of the fetus, shall obtain from the mother authorization for final disposition on a form prescribed and furnished, or approved by the state registrar.   When the demise of the fetus is the result of a surgical abortion, a copy of the mother's authorization for disposition, specifying the means of the disposition, shall be appended to the informed consent signed by the mother prior to the procedure pursuant to § 39-15-202.   After final disposition, the authorization shall be retained for a period of three (3) years by the funeral director, the person in charge of the institution, or other person making the final disposition.
TN Code § 68-3-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 5 - Deaths|§ 68-3-507. Moving Body From Place of Death

 With the consent of the physician or medical examiner who is to certify the cause of death, a body may be moved from the place of death for the purpose of being prepared for final disposition.
TN Code § 68-3-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 5 - Deaths|§ 68-3-508. Disinterment and Reinterment

  Authorization for disinterment and reinterment, in cases of movement of cemeteries or parts of cemeteries or for reuniting families, shall be required prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus.   Authorization shall be issued by the state registrar to a licensed funeral director or person acting as funeral director, upon proper application.
TN Code § 68-3-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 5 - Deaths|§ 68-3-509. Commemorative Certificates of Nonviable Birth

  As used in this section:  “Commemorative certificate” means a document commemorating a nonviable birth;   “Department” means the department of health; and   “Nonviable birth” means an unintentional, spontaneous fetal demise occurring prior to the twentieth week of gestation during a pregnancy that has been verified by a healthcare practitioner.      A healthcare practitioner licensed pursuant to title 63 who attends or diagnoses a nonviable birth, or a healthcare facility licensed pursuant to this title at which a nonviable birth occurs, may, based on the practitioner's best medical judgement and knowledge of the patient, advise a patient who experiences a nonviable birth that the patient may request a commemorative certificate from the department of health as provided in this section. The healthcare practitioner may delegate this duty to the practitioner's designee. The healthcare practitioner or the practitioner's designee shall provide the patient with a form provided by the department pursuant to subdivision (b)(2) and executed by the healthcare practitioner or the practitioner's designee.   The department shall provide on the department's website a form to be executed by a healthcare practitioner or the practitioner's designee affirming that a patient experienced a nonviable birth that the healthcare practitioner attended or diagnosed.     Upon the request of the patient and submission of the executed form, the department shall issue a commemorative certificate within sixty (60) days after receipt of the request. The department shall charge a fee not to exceed its actual cost for issuing the commemorative certificate.    The commemorative certificate must contain the name of the fetus and the sex, if known. If the name is not furnished by the patient, the department shall fill in the commemorative certificate with the name Baby Boy or Baby Girl and the last name of the patient, and if the sex of the child is also unknown, the department shall fill in the commemorative certificate with the name Baby and the last name of the patient.   The following statement must appear on the front of the commemorative certificate:  This commemorative certificate is not proof of a live birth.      The department shall not register the birth associated with a commemorative certificate issued under this section or use it to calculate live birth statistics. The commemorative certificate is commemorative in nature and has no legal effect.   A commemorative certificate issued under this section must not be used to establish, bring, or support a civil cause of action seeking damages against any person or entity for bodily injury, personal injury, or wrongful death for a nonviable birth.   A commemorative certificate issued under this section is not a public record.
TN Code § 68-3-510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 3 - Vital Records Act of 1977|Part 5 - Deaths|§ 68-3-510. Records Kept by Persons Releasing, Moving or Disposing of Dead Body or Fetus

  When a dead body is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing the name of the deceased, date of death, name and address of the person to whom the body is released, date of removal from the institution, or if finally disposed of by the institution, the date, place and manner of disposition.   A funeral director, embalmer or other person who removes from the place of death or transports or finally disposes of a dead body or fetus, in addition to filing any certificate or other report required by this chapter or regulations promulgated under this chapter, shall keep a record, which shall identify the body, and such information pertaining to this receipt, removal and delivery of the body as may be provided in regulations adopted by the department.