2020 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 5 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Part 5 - Cremation
§ 62-5-510. Removal of Devices or Implants From Remains

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 62-5-510 (2020)
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If a funeral director delivers the decedent to a crematory facility, the funeral director shall take reasonable precautions to ensure necessary actions are taken to remove a device or implant from the decedent or to render the device or implant nonhazardous prior to delivering the decedent to the crematory facility if the funeral director is aware of such a device or implant.

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