Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-11-302

(5)(A) “Hospital records” means those medical histories, records, reports, summaries, diagnoses, prognoses, records of treatment and medication ordered and given, entries, X-rays, radiology interpretations, and other written, electronic, or graphic data prepared, kept, made or maintained in hospitals that pertain to hospital confinements or hospital services rendered to patients admitted to hospitals or receiving emergency room or outpatient care;

(B) “Hospital records” also includes reductions of the original records upon photographic film of convenient size as provided in § 68-11-306;

(C) “Hospital records” do not, however, include ordinary business records pertaining to patients' accounts or the administration of the institution;

(6)(A) “Patient” includes, but is not limited to, outpatients, inpatients, persons dead on arrival, persons receiving emergency room care, and the newborn;

(B) For the purposes of this part, an unborn fetus shall not be considered a patient, whether the result of miscarriage or abortion; and