Care Contrary to Declaration — Authorization by Review Committee — Emergency

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
4. Mental Health Service
5. Declarations for Mental Health Treatment
6. Care Contrary to Declaration — Authorization by Review Committee — Emergency

1. 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.
2. 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.

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