41-21-220 - Report of injuries and deaths. - Tennessee Statutes

41-21-220. Report of injuries and deaths.

The warden at the main prison or any branch prison or mine, where any inmate may meet with sudden death, or physical injury, by means of violence or accident, shall within ten (10) days after the occurrence of death or physical injury, report the same to the commissioner of correction, together with a detailed statement under oath, of all the facts and circumstances bearing upon the death or injury.

[Acts 1889, ch. 204, § 19; impl. am. Acts 1895 (E.S.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 1; Shan., § 7491; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12086; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-343.]