Tennessee Code 34-6-211 – Required execution of durable power of attorney for health care prohibited
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 34-6-211
- 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 §. See Tennessee Code 34-6-201
- Health care institution: means a health care institution as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 34-6-201
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
No health care provider, medical service plan, health maintenance organization, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee welfare plan, or nonprofit hospital plan or similar insurance or medical plan may condition admission to a health care institution, or the providing of treatment, or insurance, on the requirement that a patient execute a durable power of attorney for health care.