Tennessee § 33-8-302 Electroconvulsive therapy - When authorized for child with mania or severe depression

Tennessee Statutes

§ 33-8-302 — Electroconvulsive therapy - When authorized for child with mania or severe depression

Tennessee § 33-8-302

Title33

This text of Tennessee § 33-8-302 (Electroconvulsive therapy - When authorized for child with mania or severe depression) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Tennessee primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-8-302 (2026).

Text

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

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

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 certified psychiatrist, who is child and adolescent certified, approves the therapy, THEN (6) the approved convulsive therapy may be necessary for the child for purposes of this part.