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Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-6-704

Procedure for reviewing petition

Acts 1965, ch. 38, § 46; 1974, ch. 464, § 3; 1975, ch. 248, §§ 1, 18; 1982, ch. 862, §§ 9, 10; T.C.A., § 33-609; Acts 1996, ch. 1079, § 63; T.C.A., § 33-6-108(c); Acts 2000, ch.…

(1) In considering the petition, the court shall consider the testimony of the physicians who participated in the examination of the person and their reports accompanying the petition. After considering the testimony and reports, the court shall either: Reject the petition and order the continued hospitalization of the person; or

(2) Order the immediate release of the person.

(3) Any physician participating in the examination shall be a competent and compellable witness at any judicial proceeding held under 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.