Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-3-202

(a) In order to promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in the system of vital records, the forms of certificates, reports and other returns required by this chapter, or by regulations adopted under this chapter, shall include, as a minimum, the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics.

(b) Each certificate, report and form required to be filed and registered under this chapter shall be on a form or in a format prescribed by the state registrar and shall contain the date received for registration.

(c) Each certificate provided for in this chapter, filed within six (6) months after the recorded event occurred, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.