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Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201

Part definitions

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Dickerson v. Longoria (2010)

Most recently applied in 468 Ill. Dec. 147 - Parker v. Symphony of Evanston Healthcare, LLC (June 2023)

Acts 1990, ch. 831, § 2.

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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Durable power of attorney for health care” means a durable power of attorney to the extent that it authorizes an attorney in fact to make health care decisions for the principal;

(2) “Health care” means any care, treatment, service or procedure to maintain, diagnose or treat an individual's physical or mental condition, and includes medical care as defined in § 32-11-103;

(3) “Health care decision” means consent, refusal of consent or withdrawal of consent to health care;

(4) “Health care institution” means a health care institution as defined in § 68-11-1602;

(5) “Health care provider” means a person who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession; and

(6) “Person” includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, the state, a city, county, city and county, or other public entity or governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal entity.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.