Tennessee Code Title 52. Department of Disability and Aging § 52-3-101

(a) A person must not be deprived of liberty on the grounds that the person has or is believed to have an intellectual or developmental disability or is in need of service for such a condition, except in accordance with this title.

(b) A person supported has the same rights as all other persons, except to the extent that the person's rights are curtailed in accordance with this title or other state or federal law.

(c) A person supported must be provided services or supports, to the extent that facilities, equipment, and personnel are available, in accordance with community standards.

(d) The department and its contracted providers shall keep records detailing services or supports received by each person with an intellectual or developmental disability.  Service and support records of departmental facilities and clinics, as well as individual support plan records, must be preserved by the department for not less than ten (10) years after termination of services.  Service and support records for minors receiving services in departmental facilities and clinics must be kept for not less than ten (10) years after the minor reaches the age of majority.  All other departmental records and records of the department's contracted service providers must be preserved for not less than six (6) years.  The records may be generated, maintained, or transferred in whole or in part to any recording medium that assures accurate preservation of the record.  If a record is transferred from one (1) medium to another, then the source record may be destroyed upon determination by the department that the reproduced record is true and correct and will be accurately preserved.  The reproduced record is deemed to be the original record.