Tennessee § 34-6-201 - Part definitions.

§ 34-6-201. Part definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “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; “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; “Health care decision” means consent, refusal of consent or withdrawal of consent to health care; “Health care institution” means a health care institution as defined in § 68-11-1602; “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 “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. Acts 1990, ch. 831, § 2. Cross-References. Assisted suicide, § 39-13-216 . Living wills, right to die naturally, title 32, ch. 11. Textbooks. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 4-103. Law Reviews. A Time to Be Born and a Time to Die: Pregnancy and End-Of-Life Care, 50 Tenn. B.J. 28 (2014). Constitutional Law — Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health: The Supreme Court Reposes the Right-to-Die Issue with the Individual States, 20 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 655 (1991). Does Your Agent Have the Power? Extending the Power of Agents to Bind Principals to Arbitration (Sandra S. Benson), 44 Tenn. B.J. 19 (2008). Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Living Will (John K. Fockler), 31 No. 1 Tenn. B.J. 14 (1995). Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care Decisions (David E. Fowler), 27 No. 1 Tenn. B.J. 20 (1991). Helping Your Clients with End-of-Life Directives: Who Will Decide? (Charles M. Key), 42 Tenn B.J. 13 (2006). To Be or Not To Be in Tennessee: Deciding Surrogate Issues, 34 U. Mem. L. Rev. 333 (2004).