Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-7-101 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of May 2026
This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Post-Mortem Examination Act."
Acts 1961, ch. 174, § 1; T.C.A., § 38-701.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2022 · leading case: Todd Andreacchio v. Joseph Hamilton (2022).
Todd Andreacchio v. Joseph Hamilton (2022). “In support of their argument that Defendant’s distribution of Christian Andreacchio’s autopsy photographs was not protected speech, Plaintiffs cite among other things the Post-Mortem Examination Act found at Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-7-101 , et seq. Specifically, Tenn.”
State v. Darron Clayton (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998). “He contends that: (1) there is insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction; (2) the state and the medical examiner violated the defendant’s constitutional rights by failing to comply with T.C.A. § 38-7-101; (3) the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury as to…”
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