2010 Tennessee Code
Title 33 - Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service
Part 2 - Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment
33-6-208 - Notification of parent, guardian or custodian prior to release of child.

33-6-208. Notification of parent, guardian or custodian prior to release of child.

The chief officer shall notify the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a service recipient who is a child, before releasing the child. If the chief officer has reason to believe that the child is likely to be dependent and neglected upon release, then the chief officer shall notify the department of children's services before the release.

[Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]  

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