Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-6-502

Prerequisites to judicial commitment for involuntary care and treatment

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 a substantial likelihood of serious harm 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 judicially committed to involuntary care and treatment in a hospital or treatment resource in proceedings conducted in conformity with chapter 3, part 6 of this title.

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.