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Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-6-301

“Severe impairment” defined

Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.

For purposes of this part, unless the context requires otherwise, “severe impairment” means a condition in which an adult or an emancipated child:

(1) As a result of a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance: Is in danger of serious physical harm resulting from the person's failure to provide for the person's essential human needs of health or safety; or

(2) Manifests severe deterioration in routine functioning evidenced by repeated and escalating loss of cognitive or volitional control over the person's actions; and

(3) Is not receiving care that is essential for the person's health or safety.

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.