Emergency Detention

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  4. Mental Health Service
  5. Emergency Involuntary Admission to Inpatient Treatment
  6. Emergency Detention

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IF AND ONLY IF

  1. a person has a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, AND
  2. the person poses an immediate substantial likelihood of serious harm under § 33-6-501 because of the mental illness or serious emotional disturbance,

    THEN

  3. the person may be detained under § 33-6-402 to obtain examination for certification of need for care and treatment.


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