Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-223 (2026)
Prenatal and peripartum care for minors
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Any person licensed to practice medicine, including those persons rendering service pursuant to § 63-6-204, may, for the purpose of providing prenatal care, examine, diagnose and treat a minor without the knowledge or consent of the parents or legal guardian of the minor and shall incur no civil or criminal liability in connection therewith except for negligence.
- (b) Any person licensed to practice medicine, including those persons rendering service pursuant to § 63-6-204, may, for the purpose of providing peripartum care, which may include providing peripartum analgesia, examine, diagnose, and treat a minor who is at least fourteen (14) years of age without the knowledge or consent of the parents or legal guardian of the minor and shall incur no civil or criminal liability in connection therewith except for negligence.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 138, s 1, eff. 4/17/2017.
Acts 1986, ch. 581, § 1; T.C.A., § 63-6-224.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2001–2010 · leading case: Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc., 301 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. 2010).
Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc., 301 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. 2010). “By the same token, if the capacity of an adult to make a decision regarding the disposition of a decedent's remains is challenged, the decision regarding the adult's capacity is a question of fact, not a question of law.”
Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc. - Dissenting (Tenn. 2010). “18 Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-223 (2004). 19 Tenn.”
John Doe v. Mama Taori's Premium Pizza, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “§ 68 - 34-107 (1996)]; they may consent to prenatal care [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-223 (1997)]; they may seek judicial consent for an abortion [ Tenn.”
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