IF

(1) a physician, psychologist, or dentist reasonably determines that an adult:

lawyer at desk

Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 33-3-220

  • Child: means a person who is under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Service recipient: means a person who is receiving service, has applied for service, or for whom someone has applied for or proposed service because the person has mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
(A) knows about a service recipient‘s developmental disability and condition as it relates to the matter in question,
(B) is actively involved in the service recipient’s life,
(C) is willing to make a decision for the service recipient on the matter in question,
(D) appears to be reasonably capable of making the decision and likely to make it objectively in the service recipient’s interest,
(E) appears to have no conflict of interest with the service recipient, and
(F) is, in order of descending preference for service as a surrogate:

(i) the service recipient’s spouse,
(ii) the service recipient’s adult child,
(iii) the service recipient’s parent or stepparent,
(iv) the service recipient’s adult sibling,
(v) any other adult relative of the service recipient, or
(vi) any other adult,

THEN

(2) the adult is eligible to serve as a surrogate decision maker for the service recipient on the matter in question under §§ 33-3-219 – 33-3-221.
  Previous section
Next section  
 Part 2 Contents