Tennessee § 33-6-501 - “Substantial likelihood of serious harm” defined.

§ 33-6-501. “Substantial likelihood of serious harm” defined.

IF AND ONLY IF a person has threatened or attempted suicide or to inflict serious bodily harm on the person, OR the person has threatened or attempted homicide or other violent behavior, OR the person has placed others in reasonable fear of violent behavior and serious physical harm to them, OR the person is unable to avoid severe impairment or injury from specific risks, AND there is a substantial likelihood that the harm will occur unless the person is placed under involuntary treatment, THEN the person poses a “substantial likelihood of serious harm” for purposes of this title. Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Former chapter 6, §§ 33-6-101 — 33-6-111 ; 33-6-201 — 33-6-209 ; 33-6-301 — 33-6-306 (Acts 1957, ch. 288, §§ 1-5; impl. am. Acts 1957, ch. 127, §§ 1, 3, 4; 1963, ch. 315, §§ 1, 2; 1965, ch. 38, §§ 37-40, 43, 45, 46; 1967, ch. 44, § 1; 1967, ch. 58, § 1;1973, ch. 127, § 11; 1974, ch. 464, § 3; 1974, ch. 802, §§ 43, 45, 46, 52, 53; 1975, ch. 199, §§ 1-3; 1975, ch. 248, §§ 1, 14, 16-18; 1976, ch. 610, § 1; 1976, ch. 763, § 5; 1976, ch. 764, §§ 2, 3; 1977, ch. 165, § 1; 1977, ch. 386, § 2; 1977, ch. 449, §§ 1, 2; 1978, ch. 527, §§ 5, 6; 1980, ch. 621, § 1; 1981, ch. 224, §§ 25-27; 1981, ch. 445, § 1; 1981, ch. 449, § 2(21); 1981, ch. 536, § 1; 1982, ch. 862, § 1, 3-11; 1983, ch. 323, §§ 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17-22, 24; T.C.A., § 33-314, 33-325, 33-603, 33-601, 33-604, 33-606 — 33-609, 33-614 — 33-619; 33-379 — 33-381, 33-1301 — 33-1305, 33-3-620 — 33-3-622 , 33-6-203 — 33-6-205 ; Acts 1984, ch. 922, § 8, 11-16, 23-25, 27, 28-32, 39, 40; 1985, ch. 437, §§ 14-25; 1985, ch. 478, § 37; Acts 1986, ch. 595, §§ 1, 2; 1986, ch. 836, §§ 4, 6; 1987, ch. 145, § 26; 1988, ch. 862, §§ 1-5; 1988, ch 953, § 8; 1989, ch. 99, § 1; 1989, ch. 311, §§ 1-4; 1989, ch. 513, §§ 3, 15-17; 1990, ch. 630, §§ 1, 2; 1992, ch. 893, §§ 1, 2; 1992, ch. 991, §§ 15, 16; 1993, ch. 356, §§ 1-3; 1993, ch. 376, §§ 1-4; 1994, ch. 676, § 1; 1994, ch. 779, § 1; 1996, ch. 1079, §§ 57-66; 2000, ch. 947, § 6), is deleted and replaced in the revision of title 33 by Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1, effective March 1, 2001. Cross-References. Confidentiality of communications between psychiatrist and patient, § 24-1-207 . Definitions applicable to title generally, § 33-1-101 . Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), §§ 12.55, 14.10. Tennessee Law of Evidence (2nd ed., Cohen, Paine and Sheppeard), Rule 501. Law Reviews. Barriers to Providing Effective Treatment: A Critique of Revisions in Procedural, Substantive, and Dispositional Criteria in Involuntary Civil Commitment (Donald H.J. Hermann), 39 Vand. L. Rev. 83 (1986). Civil Commitment in Tennessee — What Process is Due? (W. Russell Stambaugh), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 135 (1978). Criminal Law in Tennessee in 1977-1978, III. Defenses (Joseph G. Cook), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 490 (1979). Insane Persons — Commitment Proceedings — Requirement of Reasonable Notice, 5 Vand. L. Rev. 113 (1952). Reducing Unintended Ambiguity in Statutes: An Introduction to Normalization of Statutory Drafting (Grayfred B. Gray), 54 Tenn. L. Rev. 433 (1987). Selected Tennessee Legislation of 1983 (N. L. Resener, J. A. Whitson, K. J. Miller), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 785 (1983). Attorney General Opinions. Fees and costs in indigent proceedings, OAG 85-021, 1985 Tenn. AG LEXIS 274 (1/29/85). Due process, OAG 86-23, 1986 Tenn. AG LEXIS 199 (1/31/86).