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Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201

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Acts 1990, ch. 831, § 2.

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Cited in 21 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: Owens v. National Health Corp.
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Owens v. National Health Corp. (2008) tenn · cites it 22× “" Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201 (3) (2001). Under these two statutory definitions, the decision to admit King to the nursing home clearly constitutes a "health care decision.”
Dickerson v. Longoria (2010) md “to health care' ” (quoting Tenn.Code Ann. § 34-6-201(3) (2007))). 21 .”
Johnson v. Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (2014) mass “at 884 , quoting Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201 (3) (2001). 19 Relying on the Tennessee statute’s language authorizing an attorney in fact to “make health care decisions .”
MILLER EX REL. MILLER v. Dacus (2007) tenn “The law allows for execution of a power of attorney for health care by means of which one may appoint an attorney-in-fact to give or withhold consent to medical treatment in the event of disability.”
San Juan-Torregosa v. Garcia (2002) tennctapp · cites it 2× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 34-6-201 et seq. provides for decision-making authority to be transferred to someone else upon the patient’s incompetency by way of a durable power of attorney for health care.”
James Williams v. Smyrna Residential, LLC (2024) · cites it 8× “Acts 355–61 (codified as amended at Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 34-6-201 to -215 (1991)).”
Parker v. Symphony of Evanston Healthcare, LLC (2023) illappct “¶ 36 Because we find that the arbitration agreement in this case is unenforceable, it is not necessary to address plaintiff’s remaining claims that the arbitration agreement was unconscionable and that Maestro was not a party to the agreement.”
Dora Nesbitt Jones v. Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC (2019) tennctapp · cites it 6× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201 (3) (2001). Under these two statutory definitions, the decision to admit King to the nursing home clearly constitutes a “health care decision.”
James A. Welch v. Oaktree Health and Rehabilitation Center LLC d/b/a Christian Care Centers of Memphis (2023) tenn · cites it 6× “; see Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 34-6-201 to -218 (“Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Act”).”
Crawford v. Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC d/b/a Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (2021) tnwd · cites it 5× “, the Tennessee Supreme Court held that admitting someone to a nursing home “clearly constitutes a ‘health care decision’” under § 34-6-201. 263 S.W.3d at 884 . In Owens, a principal executed a power of attorney for health care with two other people.”
James Williams v. Smyrna Residential, LLC (Dissenting) (2024) tenn · cites it 4× “at 884 (citing Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 34-6-201 (3), 34-6-204(b)).”
James Williams v. Smyrna Residential, LLC (2022) · cites it 2× “’ ” (quoting Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201 (3); § 34- 6-203)).”
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— Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201(1) — 2 cases
MILLER EX REL. MILLER v. Dacus (2007) tenn “The law allows for execution of a power of attorney for health care by means of which one may appoint an attorney-in-fact to give or withhold consent to medical treatment in the event of disability.”
Crawford v. Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC d/b/a Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (2021) tnwd “, the Tennessee Supreme Court held that admitting someone to a nursing home “clearly constitutes a ‘health care decision’” under § 34-6-201. 263 S.W.3d at 884 . In Owens, a principal executed a power of attorney for health care with two other people.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201(2) — 4 cases
Owens v. National Health Corp. (2008) tenn “" Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201 (3) (2001). Under these two statutory definitions, the decision to admit King to the nursing home clearly constitutes a "health care decision.”
Dora Nesbitt Jones v. Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC (2019) tennctapp “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201 (3) (2001). Under these two statutory definitions, the decision to admit King to the nursing home clearly constitutes a “health care decision.”
Crawford v. Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC d/b/a Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (2021) tnwd “, the Tennessee Supreme Court held that admitting someone to a nursing home “clearly constitutes a ‘health care decision’” under § 34-6-201. 263 S.W.3d at 884 . In Owens, a principal executed a power of attorney for health care with two other people.”
Mary Ann Caudle, Next of Kin and Co-Executor of Estate of Louise K. Fite, and on Behalf of Wrongful Death Beneficiaries (2012) tennctapp
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201(3) — 4 cases
Owens v. National Health Corp. (2008) tenn “" Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-6-201 (3) (2001). Under these two statutory definitions, the decision to admit King to the nursing home clearly constitutes a "health care decision.”
Dickerson v. Longoria (2010) md “to health care' ” (quoting Tenn.Code Ann. § 34-6-201(3) (2007))). 21 .”
James Williams v. Smyrna Residential, LLC (Dissenting) (2024) tenn “at 884 (citing Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 34-6-201 (3), 34-6-204(b)).”
Crawford v. Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC d/b/a Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (2021) tnwd “, the Tennessee Supreme Court held that admitting someone to a nursing home “clearly constitutes a ‘health care decision’” under § 34-6-201. 263 S.W.3d at 884 . In Owens, a principal executed a power of attorney for health care with two other people.”
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