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Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-3-207

Discharge of duty

Acts 1989, ch. 549, § 1; T.C.A., § 33-10-302(b); Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.

The duty imposed by § 33-3-206 may be discharged by the professional or service provider by:

(1) Informing the clearly identified victim of the threat;

(2) Having the service recipient admitted on a voluntary basis to a hospital;

(3) Taking steps to seek admission of the service recipient to a hospital or treatment resource on an involuntary basis pursuant to chapter 6 of this title; or

(4) Pursuing a course of action consistent with current professional standards that will discharge the duty.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.