Tennessee Advance Directive Form

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Tennessee Advance Directive Form

Last updated May 12th, 2025

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A Tennessee advance directive both records an individual’s medical preferences and assigns their health care agent. If the individual loses capacity and cannot communicate, the document initiates the agent’s authority and informs the medical staff of the individual’s approved treatments.

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Signing Requirements

Advance directives must be notarized or signed by two witnesses over 18.[1]

The witnesses cannot be the principal’s agent, and at least one cannot be:

  • Related by blood, marriage, or adoption; or
  • Entitled to the principal’s estate.

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Revocation

A principal that isn’t incapacitated can revoke all or a portion of the advance directive, other than the agent’s designation, by expressing their intent to revoke.[2]

The following actions revoke an agent’s authority:

  • A principal with capacity executing a written statement of revocation
  • A principal with capacity personally notifying their healthcare provider
  • Decrees of annulment, divorce, or separation (if the spouse is the agent)

Sources

  1. § 68-11-1803(b)
  2. § 68-11-1804