Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-3-509

(1) “Commemorative certificate” means a document commemorating a nonviable birth;

(2) “Department” means the department of health; and

(3) “Nonviable birth” means an unintentional, spontaneous fetal demise occurring prior to the twentieth week of gestation during a pregnancy that has been verified by a healthcare practitioner.

(b)(1) A healthcare practitioner licensed pursuant to title 63 who attends or diagnoses a nonviable birth, or a healthcare facility licensed pursuant to this title at which a nonviable birth occurs, may, based on the practitioner's best medical judgement and knowledge of the patient, advise a patient who experiences a nonviable birth that the patient may request a commemorative certificate from the department of health as provided in this section. The healthcare practitioner may delegate this duty to the practitioner's designee. The healthcare practitioner or the practitioner's designee shall provide the patient with a form provided by the department pursuant to subdivision (b)(2) and executed by the healthcare practitioner or the practitioner's designee.

(2) The department shall provide on the department's website a form to be executed by a healthcare practitioner or the practitioner's designee affirming that a patient experienced a nonviable birth that the healthcare practitioner attended or diagnosed.

(d)(1) The commemorative certificate must contain the name of the fetus and the sex, if known. If the name is not furnished by the patient, the department shall fill in the commemorative certificate with the name Baby Boy or Baby Girl and the last name of the patient, and if the sex of the child is also unknown, the department shall fill in the commemorative certificate with the name Baby and the last name of the patient.

(2) The following statement must appear on the front of the commemorative certificate: