2010 Tennessee Code
Title 33 - Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service
Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment
33-6-407 - Examination to determine need for hospitalization.

33-6-407. Examination to determine need for hospitalization.

(a)  A hospital or treatment resource that receives a person transported under § 33-6-406 shall have a licensed physician examine the person to determine whether the person is subject to admission under § 33-6-403.

(b)  If the person is subject to admission under § 33-6-403, the physician shall complete a certificate of need for the emergency diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment showing the factual foundation for the conclusions on each item of § 33-6-403, and the person who took the service recipient to the hospital or treatment resource may then apply for the admission for the purpose of emergency diagnosis, evaluation and treatment.

(c)  If the person is not subject to admission and the sheriff or transportation agent is under a duty to remain at the hospital or treatment resource under § 33-6-406, the sheriff or transportation agent shall return the person to the county.

(d)  If the person is not subject to admission and the sheriff or transportation agent is not under a duty to remain at the hospital or treatment resource under § 33-6-406, the hospital or treatment resource shall return the person to the county.

[Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2009, ch. 531, § 41.]