Tennessee Statutes
§ 33-8-302 — Electroconvulsive therapy - When authorized for child with mania or severe depression
Tennessee·Title 33
IF AND ONLY IF (1) a child has mania or severe depression, AND (2) (A) all other accepted methods of therapy have been exhausted, OR (B) electroconvulsive or other convulsive therapy is necessary to save the child's life due to potential suicide, or to prevent irreparable injury resulting from conditions such as starvation, dehydration, or physical exhaustion bordering on serious collapse to the extent the conditions are life threatening, AND (3) the service provider to perform the therapy has convened a multi-disciplinary review team of at least five (5) persons, at least one (1) of whom is independent of the service provider, AND (4) the multi-disciplinary review team has approved the electroconvulsive or other convulsive therapy, AND (5) an American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology cer
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Legislative History
Acts 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