Tennessee Statutes
§ 33-6-302 — Detention of persons with severe impairments - Record
Tennessee·Title 33
(a)No person shall be detained under this part except in a treatment resource that provides psychiatric services, twenty-four hour crisis services, and supervised observation beds, participates in mandatory prescreening authority under § 33-6-104 , and is approved by the department for service under this part. The chief officer may detain a person alleged to:
(1)Have a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance for which immediate observation, care and treatment in the program is appropriate; and (2) Be experiencing severe impairment that is likely to result in serious harm to the person.
(b)The chief officer shall have entered on the record the reasons why and with whom the person came to the treatment resource.
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Legislative History
Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 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