2016 Tennessee Code
Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 6 - Mental Health Service
Part 4 - Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment
§ 33-6-412. Admission of detainee to other private or local facility -- Payment for services.

IF

(1) the chief officer of a licensed private or local public hospital or treatment resource determines that the person is subject to admission under § 33-6-403 and has the required certificates of need, AND

(2) (A) a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, conservator, spouse, or an adult relative of the person, or any other person has made arrangements to pay the cost of care and treatment in a hospital, or treatment resource, OR

(B) the facility chooses to accept the person when no third person has made arrangements to pay the cost,

THEN

(3) the facility may admit and detain the person for emergency diagnosis, evaluation and treatment.