{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-52-3-212","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-3-212","heading":"Surrogate decision maker - Eligibility","body":"An adult is eligible to serve as a surrogate decision maker for a person supported on the matter in question under §§ 52-3-211 and 52-3-213 , if the physician, psychologist, or dentist reasonably determines that the adult: (1) Knows about the person supported's intellectual or developmental disability and medical or behavioral condition as it relates to the matter in question; (2) Is actively involved in the person supported's life; (3) Is willing to make a decision for the person supported on the matter in question; (4) Appears to be reasonably capable of making the decision and likely to make it objectively in the person supported's interest; (5) Appears to have no conflict of interest with the person supported; and (6) Is, in order of descending preference for service as a surrogate: (A) The person supported's spouse; (B) The person supported's adult child; (C) The person supported's parent or stepparent; (D) The person supported's adult sibling; (E) Any other adult relative of the person supported; or (F) Any other adult. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.\nAn adult is eligible to serve as a surrogate decision maker for a person supported on the matter in question under §§ 52-3-211 and 52-3-213 , if the physician, psychologist, or dentist reasonably determines that the adult:\n(1) Knows about the person supported's intellectual or developmental disability and medical or behavioral condition as it relates to the matter in question;\n(2) Is actively involved in the person supported's life;\n(3) Is willing to make a decision for the person supported on the matter in question;\n(4) Appears to be reasonably capable of making the decision and likely to make it objectively in the person supported's interest;\n(5) Appears to have no conflict of interest with the person supported; and\n(6) Is, in order of descending preference for service as a surrogate: (A) The person supported's spouse; (B) The person supported's adult child; (C) The person supported's parent or stepparent; (D) The person supported's adult sibling; (E) Any other adult relative of the person supported; or (F) Any other adult.\n(A) The person supported's spouse;\n(B) The person supported's adult child;\n(C) The person supported's parent or stepparent;\n(D) The person supported's adult sibling;\n(E) Any other adult relative of the person supported; or\n(F) Any other adult.","path":["TN Code","Title 52","Chapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"12bc30c74ec5ad7169cdf248bf1d022aeaf1a1b82e8c5f0837fde46084a49644","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-52-3-211","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-52-3-213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}