2010 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 3 - Vital Records
Part 3 - Births
68-3-303 - Birth outside institution.
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:
(1) The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such person;
(2) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such person; or
(3) 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.
[Acts 1977, ch. 128, § 6; T.C.A., § 53-443.]
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