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2017 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
§ 33-6-407. Examination to determine need for hospitalization.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 33-6-407 (2017)
- (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.
- (e) A hospital, treatment resource, or health care provider shall be immune from any civil liability and shall have an affirmative defense to any criminal liability arising either from a determination relative to admission of a person to a facility or treatment resource or from the transportation of a person to and from the hospital or treatment resource.
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