33-8-315 - Lobotomies upon children prohibited. - Tennessee Statutes

33-8-315. Lobotomies upon children prohibited.

Lobotomies for intervention or alteration of a mental, emotional or behavioral disorder shall not be performed on children, and the courts of this state are prohibited from ordering or authorizing the performance of the procedure upon any child.

[Acts 1976, ch. 489, § 1; 1978, ch. 877, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., §§ 33-320, 33-3-201(f); Acts 2000, ch. 947, §§ 1, 6.]