33-6-301 - - Tennessee Statutes

33-6-301. “Severe impairment” defined.

For purposes of this part, unless the context requires otherwise, “severe impairment” means a condition in which an adult or an emancipated child:

     (1)  As a result of a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance:

          (A)  Is in danger of serious physical harm resulting from the person's failure to provide for the person's essential human needs of health or safety; or

          (B)  Manifests severe deterioration in routine functioning evidenced by repeated and escalating loss of cognitive or volitional control over the person's actions; and

     (2)  Is not receiving care that is essential for the person's health or safety.

[Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]