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Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-223

Prenatal and peripartum care for minors

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc. (2010)

Most recently applied in Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc. (January 2010)

Acts 1986, ch. 581, § 1; T.C.A., § 63-6-224; Acts 2017, ch. 138, § 1.

(1) Any person licensed to practice medicine, including those persons rendering service pursuant to § 63-6-204, may, for the purpose of providing prenatal care, examine, diagnose and treat a minor without the knowledge or consent of the parents or legal guardian of the minor and shall incur no civil or criminal liability in connection therewith except for negligence.

(2) Any person licensed to practice medicine, including those persons rendering service pursuant to § 63-6-204, may, for the purpose of providing peripartum care, which may include providing peripartum analgesia, examine, diagnose, and treat a minor who is at least fourteen (14) years of age without the knowledge or consent of the parents or legal guardian of the minor and shall incur no civil or criminal liability in connection therewith except for negligence.

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.