Tennessee § 33-3-904 - Aiding or abetting escape — Inciting service recipient to violence — Supplying with dangerous or intoxicating substances.

§ 33-3-904. Aiding or abetting escape — Inciting service recipient to violence — Supplying with dangerous or intoxicating substances.

A person commits a Class E felony who: Counsels, causes, influences, aids or assists a service recipient with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability to leave a hospital or developmental center without authority after the service recipient was admitted under court order; Harbors or conceals a service recipient with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability who has left a hospital or developmental center without authority; Incites a service recipient with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, while the service recipient is admitted to a hospital or developmental center, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or Gives or sells to a service recipient with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability in a hospital or developmental center, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, drugs, or any other harmful articles. A hospital or developmental center employee or official who receives from a person with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability anything of value as a gift or for a consideration commits a Class C misdemeanor. A person, who aids or abets in the commission of any of the foregoing offenses or aids or abets in a prohibited attempt, is guilty as if the person were a principal and shall be punished as a principal. Acts 1965, ch. 38, § 23; 1974, ch. 802, § 30; 1980, ch. 838, § 5; T.C.A., § 33-317; Acts 1989, ch. 591, §§ 30, 31, 113; T.C.A., § 33-3-106(b) -(d); Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1. Code Commission Notes. This section is similar to former § 33-3-106(b) -(d). Cross-References. Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, § 40-35-111 . Penalty for Class E felony, § 40-35-111 .