(a) This part does not create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not made or who has revoked an advance directive.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-11-1814

  • Advance directive: means an individual instruction or a written statement relating to the subsequent provision of health care for the individual, including, but not limited to, a living will or a durable power of attorney for health care. See Tennessee Code 68-11-1802
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Health care: means any care, treatment, service or procedure to maintain, diagnose, treat, or otherwise affect an individual's physical or mental condition, and includes medical care as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 68-11-1802
  • Surrogate: means an individual, other than a patient's agent or guardian, authorized under this part to make a health care decision for the patient. See Tennessee Code 68-11-1802
(b) Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of health care in accordance with this part does not for any purpose constitute a suicide or homicide or legally impair or invalidate a policy of insurance or an annuity providing a death benefit, notwithstanding any term of the policy or annuity to the contrary.
(c) The withholding or withdrawal of medical care from a patient in accordance with this part shall not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide, euthanasia, homicide, mercy killing, or assisted suicide.
(d) This part does not authorize a surrogate to give consent for, or take any action on behalf of, a patient on any matter governed by title 33.
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