Tennessee § 33-3-501 Patient or resident not released during pendency of proceedings - Exceptions

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§ 33-3-501 — Patient or resident not released during pendency of proceedings - Exceptions

Tennessee § 33-3-501

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-3-501 (2026).

Text

(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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(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 chapter 6, parts 3, 4, and 8 of this title.

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.