33-6-503 - Two (2) certificates of need required Defendants under sixteen (16) years of age. - Tennessee Statutes

33-6-503. Two (2) certificates of need required Defendants under sixteen (16) years of age.

No defendant may be judicially committed under this part, unless two (2) licensed physicians, or one (1) licensed physician and one (1) licensed psychologist qualified as provided in § 33-6-427(a), file in the commitment proceeding certificates of need for care and treatment certifying that the defendant satisfies the requirements of § 33-6-502(1)-(4) and showing the factual foundation for the conclusions on each item. No defendant who is a child under sixteen (16) years of age may be judicially committed under this part unless one (1) of the certificates is by a physician or psychologist with experience with children.

[Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2004, ch. 565, § 8.]