Tenn. Code § 33-6-206

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 33-6-206 - Request for release
(a) The following persons may at any time request the service recipient's release by filing a written application with the chief officer:
(1) An adult service recipient;
(2) A service recipient's conservator;
(3) A service recipient's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care;
(4) The parent, legal custodian, or legal guardian who applied for the admission of a child;
(5) A child who is sixteen (16) years of age or over and who was admitted on the child's own application;
(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 a person's surrogate as designated under title 68, chapter 11, part 18.
(b) If a competent service recipient cannot file a written request, a person acting on the service recipient's behalf may file the request with the service recipient's consent.

T.C.A. § 33-6-206

Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 238,s 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2002, ch. 730, § 36; 2004, ch. 565, § 5.