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| 4 | 4 | SENATE BILL 1145 | |
| 5 | 5 | By Crowe | |
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| 8 | 8 | SB1145 | |
| 9 | 9 | 002915 | |
| 10 | 10 | - 1 - | |
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| 12 | 12 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 34, | |
| 13 | 13 | Chapter 6, Part 37; Title 38; Title 50; Title 56; Title | |
| 14 | 14 | 62, Chapter 5; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 68, | |
| 15 | 15 | relative to burial. | |
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| 17 | 17 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 4, is amended by adding | |
| 19 | 19 | the following as a new section: | |
| 20 | 20 | (a) If the person or government agency assuming custody of a body for the | |
| 21 | 21 | purposes of burial does not request an autopsy pursuant to ยง 68-4-111, or that the body | |
| 22 | 22 | be embalmed, then the person or government agency must ensure that the body is | |
| 23 | 23 | buried within forty-eight (48) hours from the time when the person or government agency | |
| 24 | 24 | waives the ability to request an autopsy or embalming of the body. | |
| 25 | 25 | (b) Subsection (a) does not apply when an autopsy may be requested in | |
| 26 | 26 | accordance with the Post-Mortem Examination Act, compiled in title 38, chapter 7, or | |
| 27 | 27 | another law that allows this state or a political subdivision of this state to request an | |
| 28 | 28 | autopsy due to the circumstances surrounding the death of the decedent. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |