Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-3-308

(a) When the birth of a person born in this state has not been filed within the time period provided in §§ 68-3-301 and 68-3-302, a certificate of birth may be filed in accordance with regulations of the office of vital records. The certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the office of vital records shall, by regulation, prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of birth.

(b) A certificate of birth registered six (6) months or more after the date of birth shall be marked “delayed” and show on its face the date of the delayed registration.

(c) A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.

(d) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required in the regulations for delayed registration or when the state registrar has reasonable cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statement or the documentary evidence, and if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not register the delayed certificate of birth and shall advise the applicant of the reason for this action.