Public Chapter No. 391 (Amends T.C.A. § 68-11-312)
T.C.A. § 68-11-312(b) states: "There is no implied covenant of confidentiality or other restriction that precludes (1) health care providers from communicating with each other in the course of providing care and treatment to a patient, or (2) a health care provider from responding to a request from a hospital regarding entries in the patient's records of the requesting hospital made or reviewed by that health care provider during the course of providing care and treatment to the patient in the hospital . . . ."
Effective date: July 1, 2007
