{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-11-1807","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-11-1807","heading":"Requirement to comply with the patient's individual instruction — Order of precedence.","body":"(a) Absent a court order to the contrary, a guardian shall comply with the patient's individual instructions and may not revoke the patient's advance directive.\n(b) Absent a court order to the contrary, a health care decision of an agent takes precedence over that of a guardian.\n(c) A health care decision made by a guardian for the patient is effective without judicial approval.","path":["Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection","Chapter 11 Health Facilities and Resources","Part 18 Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.tn.tca/release76.2021.05.21/gov.tn.tca.title.68.odt","current_through":"2021-05-21","vintage":"Tennessee Code Release 76 (2021-05), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:57:36Z","sha256":"5d97fe498bd804b4e67e013abefe2ff0d55afa5a20a2eb7f0c72d295d00c8577","source_id":"us-tn","stale":true,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-11-1806","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-11-1808"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}