Tenn. Code § 52-3-112

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 52-3-112 - Person supported - Access to own records
(a) Upon request by a person supported eighteen (18) years of age or older, or the person supported's conservator, if applicable, a service provider must disclose to the person supported or their conservator what records the provider maintains on the person supported and how the person supported or conservator can obtain access to them. Upon written request by a person supported or their conservator, a service provider must permit the person supported or conservator, within a reasonable time, to review the person supported's record, or the part of the record that the person supported or conservator requests, or a copy of the record, or a copy of the part of the record that the person supported or conservator requests, except to the extent that:
(1) The person supported's or conservator's access to the record is expressly restricted or prohibited by another statute or court order; or
(2) The provider is authorized to deny access under subsection (b).
(b) If a person's qualified mental health professional determines that giving the person supported, or a person acting for the person supported, access to part of the person supported's record poses a substantial risk of serious harm to the health or safety of the person supported or another person, then the qualified mental health professional may refuse access to that part of the record.

T.C.A. § 52-3-112

Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.