An employee appointed under this part as legal guardian, conservator, or trustee for a person shall have sufficient background to understand the person's mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability. Accepting an appointment may not be made a condition of employment unless the duties are a normal part of the employee's duties and there is no conflict of interest. No employee may be appointed as legal guardian, conservator, or trustee of a person who is in the facility in which the employee works.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-4-202
Qualifications of guardian, conservator or trustee
Acts 1983, ch. 323, § 4; T.C.A., §§ 33-336, 33-3-907; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.
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