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Title 33 - MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESChapter 6 - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
Part 7 - DISCHARGE FROM INPATIENT TREATMENT
Section 33-6-705 - Discharge of person no longer meeting standards for admission

Tenn. Code § 33-6-705

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Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 33-6-705 - Discharge of person no longer meeting standards for admission

IF

(1) a person was admitted to a hospital for treatment of mental illness or serious emotional disturbance under any provision of this title other than chapter 6, part 5 of this title, AND
(2) the person no longer meets the standards under which the admission took place, AND
(3) the person's detention is not otherwise authorized under the part under which the person was admitted,

THEN

(4) the person shall be discharged.

T.C.A. § 33-6-705

Acts 1982, ch. 862, § 3; 1983, ch. 323, §§ 18, 19; T.C.A., § 33-614; Acts 1985, ch. 437, § 18; T.C.A., § 33-6-109(a); Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.