33-5-303 - Request for discharge by parent or other representative. - Tennessee Statutes

33-5-303. Request for discharge by parent or other representative.

In the case of a person admitted under § 33-5-301, a parent or legal guardian of a child with developmental disability on behalf of the child, a conservator of a person with developmental disability on behalf of the person, or a person with developmental disability who was admitted on the person's own application and does not lack capacity under § 33-3-218 may request discharge from a developmental center at any time by filing a request with the chief officer of the developmental center. If the person cannot file a written request, anyone acting on the person's behalf may file the request with the person's consent. The chief officer shall discharge the person with developmental disability within twelve (12) hours after receipt of the request or at the time stated in the request, whichever is later.

[Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]