Tennessee § 33-4-106 - Unauthorized leave from facility.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 33-4-106 — Unauthorized leave from facility., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 33-4-106. Unauthorized leave from facility.
If a person admitted under court order leaves a hospital, developmental center, or other residential service without authority, the chief officer shall immediately notify the court regardless of the length of the person's absence. If the person is taken into custody, the person may be returned to the facility upon an order by the court. After thirty (30) days absence the person may be dropped from the facility's records. A return after thirty (30) days absence is a new admission. A person's absence beyond thirty (30) days does not limit the power of the court to order the person's return to a facility under this section. The committing court shall be notified of the policy regarding temporary leave, and the court shall be given an opportunity to register its objection to granting temporary leave. An objection by the court does not prohibit authorization of leave. Temporary leave is not a discharge from the facility. 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(a)(1) -(3); Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2002, ch. 730, § 24.
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What does Tennessee Code Annotated § 33-4-106 cover?
Section 33-4-106 ("Unauthorized leave from facility.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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