Persons who may consent to disclosure of confidential information

Information about a service recipient that is confidential under § 33-3-103 may be disclosed with the consent of: (1) The service recipient who is sixteen (16) years of age or over; (2) The conservator of the service recipient; (3) The attorney in fact under a power of attorney who has the right to make disclosures under the power; (4) The parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a service recipient who is a child; (5) The service recipient's guardian ad litem for the purposes of the litigation in which the guardian ad litem serves; (6) The treatment review committee for a service recipient who has been involuntarily committed; (7) The executor, administrator or personal representative on behalf of a deceased service recipient; (8) The caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3; or (9) An individual acting as an agent under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 11, part 18 or a person's surrogate as designated under title 68, chapter 11, part 18. Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 238,s 4, eff. 7/1/2013. Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2004, ch. 565, § 3. Information about a service recipient that is confidential under § 33-3-103 may be disclosed with the consent of: (1) The service recipient who is sixteen (16) years of age or over; (2) The conservator of the service recipient; (3) The attorney in fact under a power of attorney who has the right to make disclosures under the power; (4) The parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a service recipient who is a child; (5) The service recipient's guardian ad litem for the purposes of the litigation in which the guardian ad litem serves; (6) The treatment review committee for a service recipient who has been involuntarily committed; (7) The executor, administrator or personal representative on behalf of a deceased service recipient; (8) The caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3; or (9) An individual acting as an agent under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 11, part 18 or a person's surrogate as designated under title 68, chapter 11, part 18. Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 238,s 4, eff. 7/1/2013. Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2004, ch. 565, § 3.