Tennessee § 33-8-301 - Electroconvulsive therapy upon child prohibited except under this part.
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§ 33-8-301. Electroconvulsive therapy upon child prohibited except under this part.
No person or facility may administer electroconvulsive therapy or other convulsive therapy to a child except as authorized under this part under §§ 33-8-302 and 33-8-303 or under §§ 33-8-305 —33-8-313. Acts 1976, ch. 489, § 1; 1978, ch. 877, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., §§ 33-320, 33-3-201(a); Acts 2000, ch. 947, §§ 1, 6. Compiler's Notes. Prior to the deletion and replacement of chapter 8 in the revision of title 33, by Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1, effective March 1, 2001, former chapter 8, parts 1-5, were transferred to title 68, ch. 24, parts 1-5, respectively, in 1993. See the Compiler's Notes under § 68-24-101 . Collateral References. Jurisdiction of court to permit sterilization of mentally defective person in absence of specific statutory authority. 74 A.L.R.3d 1210. Power of parent to have mentally defective child sterilized. 74 A.L.R.3d 1224.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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