Section 34-6-206 - [As Amended by Amended by 2024Tenn. Acts, ch.831] Access to medical records and information(a)Except to the extent the right is limited by the durable power of attorney for health care, an attorney in fact designated to make health care decisions under the durable power of attorney has the same right as the principal to receive information regarding the proposed health care, to receive and review medical records, and to consent to the disclosure of medical records.
(b) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, a health care provider shall provide to the attorney in fact a copy of the principal's medical records within ten (10) working days of receipt of a written request by the attorney in fact or principal. The health care provider may provide a summary of the principal's medical records, at the option of the health care provider, but the provision of a summary does not satisfy the attorney in fact's or principal's right to receive, or serve as a substitute for, a full medical record under this subsection (b).Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 831,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.