Tennessee Code Title 52. Department of Disability and Aging § 52-3-109

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person supported must be given an opportunity to approve and sign an information release that authorizes the facility, service, or program to release specified information concerning the person supported to certain family members and other designated persons.

(b) The person supported may withdraw authority to release all information previously authorized, withdraw authority to release the information to any individuals previously authorized, or modify either the type of information authorized in subsection (c) or the individuals to whom the information may be provided. All such changes must be executed in writing by the person supported or:

(1) The conservator of the person supported;

(2) The attorney in fact under a power of attorney who has the right to make disclosures under the power;

(3) The parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a person supported who is a child;

(4) The person supported's guardian ad litem for the purposes of the litigation in which the guardian ad litem serves;

(5) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased person supported; or

(6) The caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3.

(1) Specified family members that discloses only location;

(2) Specified family members who are to be involved with discharge instructions and linking to other services; and

(3) Specified family members who are to be involved in and supportive in the treatment process.

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