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TENNESSEE STATUTES AND CODES
33-6-1006 - Care contrary to declaration Authorization by review committee Emergency.
33-6-1006. Care contrary to declaration Authorization by review committee Emergency.
(a) The physician or other mental health service provider may provide mental health treatment to the service recipient in a manner contrary to the service recipient's wishes as expressed in a declaration for mental health treatment
IF AND ONLY IF
(1) The service recipient is involuntarily committed to an inpatient treatment facility under this title and a treatment review committee authorizes it, OR
(2) There is an emergency endangering the service recipient's life or health.
(b) A declaration does not limit any authority under this title to take a person into custody or to admit, retain, or treat a person in a mental health facility.
[Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]