Tennessee § 33-6-302 - Detention of persons with severe impairments — Record.
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§ 33-6-302. Detention of persons with severe impairments — Record.
No person shall be detained under this part except in a treatment resource that provides psychiatric services, twenty-four hour crisis services, and supervised observation beds, participates in mandatory prescreening authority under § 33-6-104, and is approved by the department for service under this part. The chief officer may detain a person alleged to: Have a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance for which immediate observation, care and treatment in the program is appropriate; and To be experiencing severe impairment that is likely to result in serious harm to the person. The chief officer shall have entered on the record the reasons why and with whom the person came to the treatment resource. Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 33-6-302 ("Detention of persons with severe impairments — Record.") 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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