SB668 — Death - As enacted, removes the limitation that a death must have been anticipated for a registered nurse to make the actual determination and pronouncement of death if a deceased was a patient or resident at a nursing home, hospital, or assisted-care living facility. - Amends TCA Title 68.

SB668 — Death - As enacted, removes the limitation that a death must have been anticipated for a registered nurse to make the actual determination and pronouncement of death if a deceased was a patient or resident at a nursing home, hospital, or assisted-care living facility. - Amends TCA Title 68. · Informed CitizenryThis bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated Section 68-3-511 to modify the requirements for signing death certificates. It specifies that the attending physician must agree in writing to sign the dea…Open in Informed Citizenry