Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-3-102: Specific rights - Basis for denial - Conservator

(a) A person with an intellectual or developmental disability admitted, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, or ordered to participate in nonresidential treatment or service under this title, must not, solely by reason of the admission or order, be denied the right to dispose of property, execute instruments, make purchases, enter into contractual relationships, give informed consent to treatment, and vote, unless: (1) The person supported's decision making rights have been removed by a court of competent jurisdiction and those specific rights have not been restored; or (2) The denial is authorized by state or federal statute. (b) A person shall not make decisions for a person supported on the basis of a claim to be the person supported's conservator, legal guardian, guardian ad litem, caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3, or to be acting under a durable power of attorney for health care under title 34, chapter 6, part 2, until the person has presented written evidence of the person's status. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.

(a) A person with an intellectual or developmental disability admitted, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, or ordered to participate in nonresidential treatment or service under this title, must not, solely by reason of the admission or order, be denied the right to dispose of property, execute instruments, make purchases, enter into contractual relationships, give informed consent to treatment, and vote, unless: (1) The person supported's decision making rights have been removed by a court of competent jurisdiction and those specific rights have not been restored; or (2) The denial is authorized by state or federal statute.

(1) The person supported's decision making rights have been removed by a court of competent jurisdiction and those specific rights have not been restored; or

(2) The denial is authorized by state or federal statute.

(b) A person shall not make decisions for a person supported on the basis of a claim to be the person supported's conservator, legal guardian, guardian ad litem, caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3, or to be acting under a durable power of attorney for health care under title 34, chapter 6, part 2, until the person has presented written evidence of the person's status.