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Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-3-104: Confidential information - Persons authorized to disclose

Information about a person supported that is confidential under § 52-3-103 may be disclosed with the consent of:
(1) The person supported who is sixteen (16) years of age or older;
(2) The conservator of the person supported or a conservator whom the court has granted the authority to make such disclosures;
(3) The attorney in fact under a power of attorney who has the right to make disclosures under the power;
(4) The parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a person supported who is a child;
(5) The person supported's guardian ad litem for the purposes of the litigation in which the guardian ad litem serves;
(6) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased adult person supported, or the parent or legal guardian of a deceased person supported who was a minor at the time of death;
(7) The caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3; or
(8) An individual acting as an agent, or a person's surrogate as designated, under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 11, part 18.

Where this section sits in the code

TN Code
Title 52
Chapter 3

Information about a person supported that is confidential under § 52-3-103 may be disclosed with the consent of:

(1) The person supported who is sixteen (16) years of age or older;

(2) The conservator of the person supported or a conservator whom the court has granted the authority to make such disclosures;

(3) The attorney in fact under a power of attorney who has the right to make disclosures under the power;

(4) The parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a person supported who is a child;

(5) The person supported's guardian ad litem for the purposes of the litigation in which the guardian ad litem serves;

(6) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased adult person supported, or the parent or legal guardian of a deceased person supported who was a minor at the time of death;

(7) The caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3; or

(8) An individual acting as an agent, or a person's surrogate as designated, under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 11, part 18.

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