Tennessee Code Title 24. Evidence and Witnesses § 24-1-205

(1) “Advocate” means an employee or volunteer of a domestic violence shelter, crisis line, or victim services provider who provides services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking and who has completed a minimum of twenty (20) hours of relevant training, including, but not limited to, training on the application of this section, from a victim services provider;

(2) “Victim” means a person seeking assistance because the person is a domestic abuse victim as defined by § 36-3-601; victim of an offense under title 39, chapter 13, part 5; trafficked person as defined by § 39-13-314; or a victim of stalking as defined by § 39-17-315, regardless of where or how the person seeks or receives services; and

(3) “Victim services provider” is an entity or organization providing direct services to victims, but does not include a law enforcement agency, the department of children's services, the department of human services, the division of adult protective services, or the office of a district attorney general.

(1) A communication, including verbal, written, or otherwise stored information, received by the advocate from a victim;

(2) Records regarding a victim stored by the advocate in the course of business;

(3) Counseling that a victim received;

(4) Crisis intervention services that a victim received; or

(5) The location of the shelter that accommodated a victim.

(1) The information sought is relevant and material evidence of the facts and circumstances involved in an alleged criminal act that is the subject of a criminal proceeding or a proceeding brought by the department of children's services under title 37;

(2) The probative value of the information outweighs the harmful effect of disclosure, if any, on the victim, the victim-advocate relationship, and the treatment services; and

(3) The information cannot be obtained by reasonable means from any other source.