Tenn. Code § 33-6-1006

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 33-6-1006 - Care contrary to declaration - Authorization by review committee - Emergency
(a) The physician or other mental health service provider may provide mental health treatment to the service recipient in a manner contrary to the service recipient's wishes as expressed in a declaration for mental health treatment

IF AND ONLY IF

(1) The service recipient is involuntarily committed to an inpatient treatment facility under this title and a treatment review committee authorizes it, OR
(2) There is an emergency endangering the service recipient's life or health.
(b) A declaration does not limit any authority under this title to take a person into custody or to admit, retain, or treat a person in a mental health facility.

T.C.A. § 33-6-1006

Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.