Tennessee § 33-3-114 - Exceptions to evidentiary privilege of mental health professionals.

§ 33-3-114. Exceptions to evidentiary privilege of mental health professionals.

Notwithstanding any evidentiary privilege a qualified mental health professional may have, including §§ 24-1-207 , 63-11-213 , 63-22-114 , and 63-23-109 , the qualified mental health professional may be compelled to testify in: Judicial proceedings under this title to commit a person with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability to treatment if the qualified mental health professional decides that the service recipient is in need of compulsory care and treatment; In proceedings for which the qualified mental health professional was ordered by the court to examine the service recipient if the service recipient was advised that communications to the qualified mental health professional would not be privileged; Judicial proceedings under chapter 8, part 3 of this title; and Guardianship, conservatorship, and veterans' guardianship proceedings under title 34. Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2002, ch. 730, § 14. Cross-References. Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Law, title 34, ch. 5. Collateral References. Waiver of evidentiary privilege by inadvertent disclosure — State law. 51 A.L.R.5th 603.