2018 Tennessee Code
Title 39 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 15 - Offenses Against the Family
Part 2 - Abortion
§ 39-15-203. Records and reports of abortions -- Disposition of aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue -- Method of disposition -- Confidentiality. [Effective until January 1, 2019. See the version effective on January 1, 2019.]
(a) A physician performing an abortion shall keep a record of each procedure and of the disposition of the aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue. The physician shall make a report to the commissioner of health with respect thereto at the time and in the form as the commissioner may reasonably prescribe. If the procedure is solely a medication termination and the expulsion of the aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue does not take place at the facility or clinic where the procedure took place, the physician shall not be required to keep a record of the disposition or report such disposition to the commissioner.
(b)
(1) The physician shall note in the section regarding the disposition of the aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue the method of disposition.
(2) If the aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue is transferred to a third party for disposition, the name and address of that third party, and the date of the transfer, shall be included on the report.
(c) The method of disposition of an aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue shall be in conformity with the rules of the board for licensing healthcare facilities.
(d) Each record and report made pursuant to this section shall be confidential in nature and shall not be public record open for inspection.
