Tennessee Code Title 63. Professions of the Healing Arts § 63-1-176

(1) “Government entity” means the state, any branch, department, agency, commission, or instrumentality of state government, any official or other person acting under color of state law, or any political subdivision of the state;

(2) “Healthcare provider” means a healthcare professional, healthcare establishment, or healthcare facility licensed, registered, certified, or permitted pursuant to this title, title 33, or title 68 or regulated under the authority of either the department of health or an agency, board, council, or committee attached to the department of health or by the department of mental health and substance abuse services, and that is authorized to provide health or medical care or mental health services in this state;

(3) “Medical decision-making authority” means the power granted by the state to a nonparent to make important decisions regarding a child's health care;

(4) “Minor”:

(5) “Parent” means a biological, legal, or adoptive parent or an individual who has been granted medical decision-making authority over the child under state law;  and

(6) “Person” means an individual, corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity, whether or not a citizen or domiciliary of this state and whether or not organized under the laws of this state.

(1) Treat, profess to diagnose, operate on, or prescribe for any physical ailment, physical injury, or deformity;

(2) Prescribe, dispense, deliver, or administer any drug or medication;

(3) Render psychological services specified in §§ 63-11-202 and 63-11-203;  or

(4) Render counseling services specified in § 63-22-122.

(1) A parent of the minor has given blanket consent authorizing the person or entity to perform an activity listed in subsection (b);

(2) A government entity, healthcare provider, or any other person reasonably relies in good faith on an individual's representations that the individual is the parent of a minor or has otherwise been granted authority to make decisions regarding a minor's health care under state law;

(3) A licensed physician performs emergency medical or surgical treatment pursuant to § 63-6-222;

(4) Licensed personnel render appropriate emergency medical care and provide emergency medical services pursuant to § 68-140-309;

(5) A person, including a law enforcement officer, participates or assists in rendering emergency care pursuant to § 63-6-218;

(6) An employee of a local education agency or public institution of higher education acts to control bleeding using a bleeding control kit pursuant to § 49-2-137;

(7) A person acts reasonably to render appropriate, non-emergency first aid to a minor appearing or represented to be sick or injured.  Such non-emergency first aid includes, but is not limited to, dressing minor wounds, applying topical agents, providing fluids or ice, and performing checks to identify minor illnesses;

(8) A healthcare provider, using reasonable medical judgment, based upon the facts known to the healthcare provider at the time, performs a screening of a minor who the healthcare provider reasonably believes is a trafficked person or a victim of brutality, neglect, or abuse in order to determine whether the healthcare provider must make a report pursuant to § 37-1-403 or § 37-1-605;  or

(9) A school counselor or school psychologist, licensed by the state board of education pursuant to title 49, who provides preventative and developmental counseling pursuant to § 49-6-303.

(h)(1) A civil action commenced against a healthcare provider under this section must be brought within the period required by § 29-26-116.

(2) A civil action commenced against another entity under this section must be brought within one (1) year from the date of discovery of the violation of this section.