Persons Who May Apply for Voluntary Admission

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
4. Mental Health Service
5. Voluntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment
6. Persons Who May Apply for Voluntary Admission

1. The following persons may apply for admission to a public or private hospital or treatment resource for diagnosis, observation and treatment of a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance:
   1. A person who is sixteen (16) years of age or over and who does not lack capacity to apply under § 33-3-218;
   2. A parent, legal custodian, or legal guardian who is acting on behalf of a child;
   3. A conservator whom the appointing court has expressly granted authority to apply for the person's admission to a hospital or treatment resource for mental illness or serious emotional disturbance;
   4. A qualified mental health professional acting on the basis of the terms of the person's declaration for mental health treatment;
   5. A person's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care, under title 34, chapter 6, part 2;
   6. A caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3, who is acting on behalf of a child; or
   7. An individual acting as an agent under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 11, part 18 or an individual designated as a surrogate under § 68-11-1806(a).
2. An individual's surrogate as designated under § 68-11-1806(c) may also apply for such admission provided no person may be admitted by a surrogate under this subsection (b) for more than twenty-one (21) consecutive days unless a petition has been filed pursuant to part 5 of this chapter, or unless an individual who meets any of the criteria set out in subdivisions (a)(1)-(7) of this section applies for voluntary admission subsequent to an application by a surrogate for voluntary admission under this section.

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