The department of health or any employee of the department of health shall not release information that is not specifically authorized by state or federal law to any insurance company, agency, company or firm, pertaining to the health of any person without the patient's consent, or, if a minor, the consent of the minor's parent, guardian or legal custodian, or pursuant to an appropriate court order.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-1-118
Specific authorization required for release of information
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Crystal BLACKWELL, as Next Friend to Jacob Blackwell, a Minor v. SKY HIGH SPORTS NASHVILLE OPERATIONS, LLC (2017)
Most recently applied in Crystal BLACKWELL, as Next Friend to Jacob Blackwell, a Minor v. SKY HIGH SPORTS NASHVILLE OPERATIONS, LLC (January 2017)
Acts 2001, ch. 427, § 2.
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.