Tennessee Code Title 36. Domestic Relations § 36-8-103

(1) To direct the upbringing of the child;

(2) To direct the moral or religious training of the child;

(3) To make all physical and mental healthcare decisions for the child and consent to all physical and mental health care on the child's behalf, as provided in § 63-1-176;

(4) To access and review a child's medical records, as defined in § 63-2-101, including prescription records and rehabilitation records as defined in § 33-8-202;

(5) To direct the education of the child, including the right to choose public, private, religious, or home schools, and the right to make reasonable choices within public schools for the education of the child;

(6) To access and review all educational records of the child maintained by the school, including those maintained in accordance with § 49-1-704 of the Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g);

(7) To have the child excused from school attendance for religious purposes;  provided, however, that if the child is absent for twenty (20) days or more during a school year for religious purposes, then the school may require the parent to attend a meeting to discuss the child's educational future;

(8) To participate in parent-teacher associations and school organizations that are sanctioned by the board of education of a local education agency;

(9) To be notified promptly if an employee of the state reasonably believes that abuse, neglect, or any criminal offense has been committed against the child by someone other than the parent, unless doing so would interfere with a criminal investigation or department of children's services investigation, or unless an employee of the state, a political subdivision of the state, a local education agency, a public charter school, or any other governmental entity is required by law to withhold such information;

(10) To consent before the collection, storing, or sharing of any individual biometric data, data relative to analysis of facial expressions, electroencephalogram brain wave patterns, skin conductance, galvanic skin response, heart-rate variability, pulse, blood volume, posture, and eye-tracking, as specified in §§ 49-1-706 and 49-2-211;

(11) To consent before any record of the child's blood or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is created, stored, or shared, unless authorized by law or pursuant to a court order;  and

(12) To consent before any government entity makes a video or voice recording of the child, unless the video or voice recording is made during or as a part of:

(d)(1) This section does not authorize or allow any individual to abuse, neglect, or endanger a child as defined by § 39-15-401.

(2) This section does not prevent the department of children's services from conducting an investigation or otherwise carrying out its responsibilities under state law.

(3) This section does not apply when:

(f)(1) A parent whose rights have been burdened by a government entity in violation of this section may assert that violation of this section as a claim or defense in any judicial or administrative proceeding, without regard to whether the proceeding is brought by or in the name of the state, a private person, or another party.

(2) A parent who prevails in a proceeding to enforce this section against a government entity may recover the following from a court of competent jurisdiction:

(h)(1) A bond condition that affects parental contact, custody, or visitation requires an expedited hearing within fifteen (15) calendar days of being imposed to determine if the condition meets the requirements of this chapter.  If the hearing is not held within fifteen (15) calendar days, then the bond condition is void.

(2) Before a court may impose or extend a bond condition prior to conviction in a criminal case that restricts, limits, or prohibits a defendant's parental contact with, custody of, or visitation with any minor child who is not a victim of the charged crime, the government bears the burden of establishing, by clear and convincing evidence, which the court must articulate through specific findings of fact, that:

(3) For purposes of this subsection (h), there is a presumption that parental contact with a child is in the best interests of the child.