§ 33-3-904 — Aiding or abetting escape - Inciting service recipient to violence - Supplying with dangerous or intoxicating substances

(a) A person commits a Class E felony who: (1) Counsels, causes, influences, aids or assists a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability to leave a hospital without authority after the service recipient was admitted under court order; (2) Harbors or conceals a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability who has left a hospital without authority; (3) Incites a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, while the service recipient is admitted to a hospital, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or (4) Gives or sells to a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability in a hospital, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, drugs, or any other harmful articles. (b) A hospital employee or official who receives from a person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability anything of value as a gift or for a consideration commits a Class C misdemeanor. (c) A person, who aids or abets in the commission of any of the foregoing offenses or aids or abets in a prohibited attempt, is guilty as if the person were a principal and shall be punished as a principal.

Legislative History

Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 83, eff. 7/1/2024. Acts 1965, ch. 38, § 23; 1974, ch. 802, § 30; 1980, ch. 838, § 5; T.C.A., § 33-317; Acts 1989, ch. 591, §§ 30, 31, 113; T.C.A., §33-3-106(b)-(d); Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.