Tennessee Statutes
§ 33-3-501 — Patient or resident not released during pendency of proceedings - Exceptions
Tennessee·Title 33
(a)Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance with respect to whom proceedings for hospitalization or admission under a court order have been commenced, shall be released or discharged during the pendency of the proceedings, unless ordered by the court upon application of the person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance or of the parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, conservator, spouse or adult next of kin of the person, or upon the report of the chief officer that the person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance may be discharged with safety.
(b)This section does not limit the duties to release persons with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance imposed by § 33-6-207 and ch
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Legislative History
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 74, eff. 7/1/2024. Acts 1965, ch. 38, § 7; 1974, ch. 802, § 23; 1978, ch. 533, § 5; 1983, ch. 323, § 12; T.C.A., § 33-310; Acts 1985, ch. 437, § 11; 1996, ch. 1079, § 52; 2000, ch. 947, § 1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 33-1-101
Title definitions§ 33-1-201
Responsibilities of department - State policy toward mental illness or serious emotional disturbance§ 33-1-202
Statement of values underlying title§ 33-1-203
Principles of service§ 33-1-204
Unnecessary entitlements not created§ 33-1-303
Powers of commissioner§ 33-1-304
Duties of commissioner§ 33-1-308
Interagency agreements§ 33-1-309
Adoption of rules