Part Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Guardianship
  4. Power of Attorney
  5. Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
  6. Part Definitions

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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1. “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;
  2. “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;
  3. “Health care decision” means consent, refusal of consent or withdrawal of consent to health care;
  4. “Health care institution” means a health care institution as defined in § 68-11-1602;
  5. “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
  6. “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.


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