Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-6-403

Admission to treatment facility

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Dorothy King v. Virginia Betts (2011)

Most recently applied in Dorothy King v. Virginia Betts (November 2011)

Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.

IF AND ONLY IF

(1) a person has a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, AND

(2) the person poses an immediate substantial likelihood of serious harm, under § 33-6-501, because of the mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, AND

(3) the person needs care, training, or treatment because of the mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, AND

(4) all available less drastic alternatives to placement in a hospital or treatment resource are unsuitable to meet the needs of the person, THEN

(5) the person may be admitted and detained by a hospital or treatment resource for emergency diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment under this part.

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.