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TN Code § 33-6-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 1 - Mental Health Service System|§ 33-6-109. Quarterly Report on the Implementation and Impact of Available Suitable Accommodations

 The department shall report quarterly to the health committee of the house of representatives, the health and welfare committee of the senate, and the finance, ways and means committees of both the house of representatives and the senate on the implementation and the impact of available suitable accommodations, including the number and length of any delayed admissions.
TN Code § 33-6-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 2 - Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-201. Persons Who May Apply for Voluntary Admission

  The following persons may apply for admission to a public or private hospital or treatment resource for diagnosis, observation and treatment of a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance:  A person who is sixteen (16) years of age or over and who does not lack capacity to apply under § 33-3-218;   A parent, legal custodian, or legal guardian who is acting on behalf of a child;   A conservator whom the appointing court has expressly granted authority to apply for the person's admission to a hospital or treatment resource for mental illness or serious emotional disturbance;   A qualified mental health professional acting on the basis of the terms of the person's declaration for mental health treatment;   A person's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care, under title 34, chapter 6, part 2;   A caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3, who is acting on behalf of a child; or   An individual acting as an agent under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 11, part 18 or an individual designated as a surrogate under § 68-11-1806(a).     An individual's surrogate as designated under § 68-11-1806(c) may also apply for such admission provided no person may be admitted by a surrogate under this subsection (b) for more than twenty-one (21) consecutive days unless a petition has been filed pursuant to part 5 of this chapter, or unless an individual who meets any of the criteria set out in subdivisions (a)(1)-(7) of this section applies for voluntary admission subsequent to an application by a surrogate for voluntary admission under this section.
TN Code § 33-6-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 2 - Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-202. Admission Upon Finding of Need for Hospitalization

 Upon application, if an examination by an admitting physician determines the need for hospitalization, the chief officer of a public hospital shall admit and the chief officer of a private hospital or treatment resource may admit the person. If the service recipient is a child, the chief officer shall notify the child's parent, legal guardian or legal custodian of the admission. Admission is subject to the availability of suitable accommodations.
TN Code § 33-6-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 2 - Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-203. Limitations on Admission of Child

 No unemancipated child may be admitted under this part for more than one (1) six-month period in any twelve-month period unless the admissions review committee approves further hospitalization.
TN Code § 33-6-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 2 - Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-204. Admissions Review Committee — Members — Expenses

 The admissions review committee consists of four (4) persons. Two (2) members shall be appointed from the hospital or treatment resource by the chief officer and two (2) members shall be appointed from the community contiguous to the hospital or treatment resource by the chair of the state commission on children and youth. The members appointed by the chair of the state commission on children and youth shall not be employees or staff members of the hospital or treatment resource. The committee members shall be trained or experienced specifically in child mental health. Committee members shall serve voluntarily, and the hospital or treatment resource shall reimburse them for their travel and per diem living expenses.
TN Code § 33-6-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 2 - Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-205. Approval of Commitment

 The admissions review committee shall approve continued hospitalization by a vote of at least three (3) of its members. The committee may recommend the person's continued hospitalization for a period not to exceed six (6) months. If the committee does not approve continued hospitalization, the person shall be released, unless, prior to the committee's decision, a petition for judicial hospitalization has been filed under chapter 6, part 5 of this title.
TN Code § 33-6-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 2 - Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-206. Request for Release

  The following persons may at any time request the service recipient's release by filing a written application with the chief officer:  An adult service recipient;   A service recipient's conservator;   A service recipient's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care;   The parent, legal custodian, or legal guardian who applied for the admission of a child;   A child who is sixteen (16) years of age or over and who was admitted on the child's own application;   A caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3, who is acting on behalf of a child; or   An individual acting as an agent under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 11, part 18 or a person's surrogate as designated under title 68, chapter 11, part 18.     If a competent service recipient cannot file a written request, a person acting on the service recipient's behalf may file the request with the service recipient's consent.
TN Code § 33-6-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 2 - Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-207. Procedure for Release Following Request

 If the chief officer receives a request for discharge under § 33-6-206 and does not admit the service recipient under chapter 6, part 4 of this title, the chief officer shall release the service recipient, if a child, within twenty-four (24) hours and, if an adult, within twelve (12) hours after receipt of the request or at the time stated in the request, whichever is later.
TN Code § 33-6-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 2 - Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-208. Notification of Parent, Guardian or Custodian Prior to Release of Child

 The chief officer shall notify the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a service recipient who is a child, before releasing the child. If the chief officer has reason to believe that the child is likely to be dependent and neglected upon release, then the chief officer shall notify the department of children's services before the release.
TN Code § 33-6-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-301. “Severe Impairment” Defined

 For purposes of this part, unless the context requires otherwise, “severe impairment” means a condition in which an adult or an emancipated child:   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   Manifests severe deterioration in routine functioning evidenced by repeated and escalating loss of cognitive or volitional control over the person's actions; and     Is not receiving care that is essential for the person's health or safety.
TN Code § 33-6-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-302. Detention of Persons With Severe Impairments — Record

  No person shall be detained under this part except in a treatment resource that provides psychiatric services, twenty-four hour crisis services, and supervised observation beds, participates in mandatory prescreening authority under § 33-6-104, and is approved by the department for service under this part. The chief officer may detain a person alleged to:  Have a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance for which immediate observation, care and treatment in the program is appropriate; and   To be experiencing severe impairment that is likely to result in serious harm to the person.     The chief officer shall have entered on the record the reasons why and with whom the person came to the treatment resource.
TN Code § 33-6-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-303. Examination of Person

 A physician shall examine the person as soon as practicable but at least within six (6) hours after the person arrives at the treatment resource.
TN Code § 33-6-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-304. Detention Following Finding of Severe Impairment

 IF AND ONLY IF   the physician determines that the person has a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance for which immediate observation, care and treatment in a treatment resource is appropriate, AND   the physician determines that the person is experiencing “severe impairment” that is likely to result in serious harm to the person,  THEN    the person may be detained for observation, care and treatment and further examination for up to twelve (12) hours from the time the person arrived at the treatment resource.
TN Code § 33-6-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-305. Extended Detention After Confirmation of Initial Finding

 IF AND ONLY IF   another physician examines the person and confirms the determination of the first examining physician under § 33-6-304 within twelve (12) hours after the time the person arrived, AND   the person is admitted to an extended observation bed for observation, care, and treatment,  THEN    the person may be detained under this part for up to seventy-two (72) hours from the time the person arrived at the treatment resource.
TN Code § 33-6-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-306. Notice of Status and Rights as Service Recipient

 At the time of admission to an extended observation bed, the person shall be given written notice of the person's status and rights as a service recipient under this title. The notice shall contain the service recipient's name. The notice shall be provided to the same persons and in the manner as if the service recipient had been admitted under chapter 6, part 4 of this title.
TN Code § 33-6-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-307. Request for Release

 If the person or anyone acting on the person's behalf demands that the person be released and the chief officer does not detain the person in conformity with chapter 6, part 4 or 5 of this title, the chief officer shall discharge the person.
TN Code § 33-6-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-308. Release of Person No Longer in Need of Immediate Care

 If at any time it is determined that the person is no longer in need of immediate observation, care and treatment in accordance with this part and is not in need of involuntary care and treatment in a hospital, the person shall be released unless the person agrees to be admitted to a hospital or treatment resource.
TN Code § 33-6-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-309. Admission of Person to Treatment Facility Beyond Seventy-Two Hour Period

 If at any time within the seventy-two hour period it is determined that the person continues to require immediate observation, assessment, and treatment in accordance with this part and that the requirement is likely to continue beyond the seventy-two  hour period, the person shall be moved immediately to an appropriate hospital or treatment resource authorized to receive and detain persons with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance under chapter 6, part 4 of this title. The person shall be evaluated for admission and, if appropriate, shall be admitted in accordance with chapter 6, part 4 of this title, and if the person is so admitted, the fifteen-day retention period of chapter 6, part 4 of this title, shall be reduced by the number of days the person was detained under this part. Any person moved to a hospital pursuant to this section shall be moved without regard to the transfer provisions of this title. Evaluation for admission to a state-owned or operated hospital or treatment resource must conform to § 33-6-105.
TN Code § 33-6-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-310. Monitoring of Admissions to Ensure Service Recipients' Rights

 The department shall monitor admissions under this part to assure that they are not used in any way that violates the rights of service recipients with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance.
TN Code § 33-6-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 3 - Persons With Severe Impairments|§ 33-6-311. Service Under This Part Not Substitute for Outpatient Care

 Service under this part shall not be used instead of assessment or evaluation that can be performed on an outpatient basis.
TN Code § 33-6-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-401. Emergency Detention

 IF AND ONLY IF   a person has a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, AND   the person poses an immediate substantial likelihood of serious harm under § 33-6-501 because of the mental illness or serious emotional disturbance,  THEN    the person may be detained under § 33-6-402 to obtain examination for certification of need for care and treatment.
TN Code § 33-6-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-402. Detention Without Warrant Authorized

 If an officer authorized to make arrests in the state, a licensed physician, a psychologist authorized under § 33-6-427(a), or a professional designated by the commissioner under § 33-6-427(b) has reason to believe that a person is subject to detention under § 33-6-401, then the officer, physician, psychologist, or designated professional may take the person into custody without a civil order or warrant for immediate examination under § 33-6-404 for certification of need for care and treatment.
TN Code § 33-6-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-403. Admission to Treatment Facility

 IF AND ONLY IF   a person has a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, AND   the person poses an immediate substantial likelihood of serious harm, under § 33-6-501, because of the mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, AND   the person needs care, training, or treatment because of the mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, AND   all available less drastic alternatives to placement in a hospital or treatment resource are unsuitable to meet the needs of the person,  THEN    the person may be admitted and detained by a hospital or treatment resource for emergency diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment under this part.
TN Code § 33-6-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-404. Certificate of Need for Emergency Treatment and Transportation

 IF    a licensed physician, psychologist, or designated professional takes a person into custody under § 33-6-402, OR   a person is brought to the physician, psychologist, or designated professional for examination under this section,  THEN      the physician, psychologist, or designated professional shall immediately examine the person and decide whether the person is subject to admission to a hospital or treatment resource under § 33-6-403, AND    IF   the person is not subject to admission, THEN   the physician, psychologist, or designated professional shall release the person, AND     IF   the person is subject to admission, THEN   the physician, psychologist, or designated professional shall complete a certificate of need for the emergency diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment showing the factual foundation for the conclusions on each item of § 33-6-403, AND   the physician, psychologist, or designated professional shall assess the person's clinical needs and need for physical restraint or vehicle security and determine the mode of transportation to the hospital in consultation with the mandatory pre-screening agent, other mental health professional familiar with the person, or a knowledgeable family member, AND   if admission is sought at a state-owned or operated hospital or treatment resource, the physician, psychologist or designated professional shall verify that the state-owned or operated hospital or treatment resource has been contacted and has available suitable accommodations, acknowledging such verification in writing.
TN Code § 33-6-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-407. Examination to Determine Need for Hospitalization

  A hospital or treatment resource that receives a person transported under § 33-6-406 shall have a licensed physician examine the person to determine whether the person is subject to admission under § 33-6-403.   If the person is subject to admission under § 33-6-403, the physician shall complete a certificate of need for the emergency diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment showing the factual foundation for the conclusions on each item of § 33-6-403, and the person who took the service recipient to the hospital or treatment resource may then apply for the admission for the purpose of emergency diagnosis, evaluation and treatment.   If the person is not subject to admission and the sheriff or transportation agent is under a duty to remain at the hospital or treatment resource under § 33-6-406, the sheriff or transportation agent shall return the person to the county.   If the person is not subject to admission and the sheriff or transportation agent is not under a duty to remain at the hospital or treatment resource under § 33-6-406, the hospital or treatment resource shall return the person to the county.   A hospital, treatment resource, or health care provider shall be immune from any civil liability and shall have an affirmative defense to any criminal liability arising either from a determination relative to admission of a person to a facility or treatment resource or from the transportation of a person to and from the hospital or treatment resource.
TN Code § 33-6-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-408. Admission of Person Already at Treatment Facility

 If the person has been certified as subject to admission under § 33-6-403 and is already at the hospital or treatment resource at which the person is proposed to be admitted, the person who took the service recipient to the hospital or treatment resource may then apply for the admission for the purpose of emergency diagnosis, evaluation and treatment. The application shall be accompanied by the two (2) certificates of need and shall state the reasons and circumstances under which the person was taken into custody.
TN Code § 33-6-410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-410. Admission of Detainee to State Facility

 If the chief officer of a state hospital or treatment resource determines that the person is subject to admission under § 33-6-403 and has the required certificates of need, then the chief officer of the state facility shall admit and detain the person for emergency diagnosis, evaluation and treatment.
TN Code § 33-6-411 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service|Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment|§ 33-6-411. Admission of Detainee to Private or Local Facility With Contractual Relationship With State

 IF   the chief officer of a licensed private or local public hospital or treatment resource determines that the person is subject to admission under § 33-6-403 and has the required certificates of need, AND   the facility has contracted with the state to serve persons in the region,  THEN    the facility shall admit and detain the person in conformity with its obligations under its contract with the state for emergency diagnosis, evaluation and treatment.