An adult is eligible to serve as a surrogate decision maker for a person supported on the matter in question under §§ 52-3-211 and 52-3-213, if the physician, psychologist, or dentist reasonably determines that the adult:(1) Knows about the person supported's intellectual or developmental disability and medical or behavioral condition as it relates to the matter in question;(2) Is actively involved in the person supported's life;(3) Is willing to make a decision for the person supported on the matter in question;(4) Appears to be reasonably capable of making the decision and likely to make it objectively in the person supported's interest;(5) Appears to have no conflict of interest with the person supported; and(6) Is, in order of descending preference for service as a surrogate:(A) The person supported's spouse;(B) The person supported's adult child;(C) The person supported's parent or stepparent;(D) The person supported's adult sibling;(E) Any other adult relative of the person supported; or(F) Any other adult.Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
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