Tennessee Code Title 52. Department of Disability and Aging § 52-3-212

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

An adult is eligible to serve as a surrogate decision maker for a person supported on the matter in question under §§ 52-3-211 and 52-3-213, if the physician, psychologist, or dentist reasonably determines that the adult:

(1) Knows about the person supported's intellectual or developmental disability and medical or behavioral condition as it relates to the matter in question;

(2) Is actively involved in the person supported's life;

(3) Is willing to make a decision for the person supported on the matter in question;

(4) Appears to be reasonably capable of making the decision and likely to make it objectively in the person supported's interest;

(5) Appears to have no conflict of interest with the person supported; and

(6) Is, in order of descending preference for service as a surrogate:

(A) The person supported's spouse;

(B) The person supported's adult child;

(D) The person supported's adult sibling;

(E) Any other adult relative of the person supported; or

(F) Any other adult.

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