Tennessee Statutes
§ 33-6-309 — Admission of person to treatment facility beyond seventy-two-hour period
Tennessee·Title 33
If at any time within the seventy-two hour period it is determined that the person continues to require immediate observation, assessment, and treatment in accordance with this part and that the requirement is likely to continue beyond the seventy-two hour period, the person shall be moved immediately to an appropriate hospital or treatment resource authorized to receive and detain persons with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance under chapter 6, part 4 of this title. The person shall be evaluated for admission and, if appropriate, shall be admitted in accordance with chapter 6, part 4 of this title, and if the person is so admitted, the fifteen-day retention period of chapter 6, part 4 of this title, shall be reduced by the number of days the person was detained under this par
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Legislative History
Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2002, ch. 730, § 38.
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