Section 1200-36-01-.02 - DEFINITIONS(1) "Admission blood" means the blood obtained from an individual, whether alive or deceased, upon admission to the hospital.(2) "Autopsy" means the examination and dissection of a dead body by a physician authorized by law for the following purposes: determining the cause, mechanism, or manner of death, or the seat of disease, confirming clinical diagnoses, obtaining specimens for specialized testing, retrieving physical evidence, identifying the deceased, or educating medical professionals and students.(3) "Body" means the body of a deceased human or the parts or remains thereof.(4) "Chain of Custody" means the methodology of tracking specified materials, substances, or bodies for the purpose of maintaining control and accountability from initial collection to final disposition for all such items and providing accountability at each stage in handling, testing, and storing specimens and reporting test results.(5) "County Medical Examiner" means a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state of Tennessee and appointed by the county mayor.(6) "County Medical Investigator" means a licensed emergency medical technician, paramedic, registered nurse, physician's assistant or person registered by or a diplomat of the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (AMBDI) and approved by the county medical examiner as qualified to serve under the supervision of a County Medical Examiner and assist the County Medical Examiner in death investigations.(7) "Forensic Pathologist" means a licensed physician who is certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology or who, prior to 2006, has completed a training program in forensic pathology that is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or its international equivalent or has been officially "qualified for examination" in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology (ABP).(8) "Regional Forensic Center" means a facility accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) that provides forensic autopsy and death investigative services to one or more counties.(9) "Scene" means the location where the death occurred and/or where the body was discovered.(10) "Toxicology" means the identification and analysis of drugs and poisons.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-36-01-.02
Original rule filed June 17, 2013; effective November 28, 2013.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 38-7-102, 68-3-502(d), and Chapter 916 of the Public Acts of 2012.