§ 33-6-603. Outpatient Treatment Plan
In developing the plan, the releasing facility and the outpatient qualified mental health professional shall consult with the service recipient; the service recipient’s parents, legal custodian, or legal guardian if the service recipient is a child; and the service recipient’s conservator, if any. Subject to obtaining any necessary consent before making a disclosure of patient […]
§ 33-6-604. Review of Plan
IF the person requests judicial review of the treatment plan within forty-eight (48) hours after being advised of the person’s eligibility for release under it, THEN the hospital shall notify the court where the hospital is located that has the same jurisdiction as the committing court that the person is eligible for discharge, subject to […]
§ 33-6-605. Discharge of Patient — Notice to Court of Discharge Subject to Outpatient Treatment
IF the person does not request judicial review of the discharge plan, OR the court approves an outpatient treatment plan after a hearing under § 33-6-604, THEN IF the person is subject to judicial review under § 33-6-708, THEN the person shall be discharged in conformity with § 33-6-708, AND IF the person is not […]
§ 33-6-504. Persons Who May File Complaint for Commitment Under This Part
The parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, conservator, spouse, or a responsible relative of the person alleged to be in need of care and treatment, a licensed physician, a licensed psychologist who meets the requirements of § 33-6-427(a), a health or public welfare officer, an officer authorized to make arrests in the state, or the chief […]
§ 33-6-505. Commitment to State Facility
If the court commits a person under this section, the person comes into the commissioner’s custody only if the state-owned or operated facility or treatment resource has available suitable accommodations; provided, that, if there are no suitable available accommodations at the time of the determination, then the commissioner shall expeditiously find a state-owned or operated […]
§ 33-6-423. Release of Defendant if Findings Not Made by Court
The court shall order the release of the defendant from the hospital or treatment resource and terminate the proceedings under this part, if the court does not find both that: There is probable cause to believe that the defendant is subject to care and treatment under § 33-6-502; and There is probable cause to believe […]
§ 33-6-424. Release of Defendant if Chief Officer Determines Certificates of Need Not Supported by Facts
If the chief officer determines that the defendant’s condition does not support the filing of the certificates required by § 33-6-422, the chief officer shall release the defendant. The chief officer shall release the defendant five (5) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, from the date of the general sessions court’s original order to hold […]
§ 33-6-425. Detention Not to Be at Jail or Other Criminal Custodial Facility Unless Defendant Under Arrest for Crime
No defendant shall be detained at a jail or other custodial facility for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of criminal offenses, unless the defendant is under arrest for the commission of a crime.
§ 33-6-426. Certification by Physician Required
If a person who is not a licensed physician executes the first certificate of need in support of hospitalization under this part, then only a licensed physician may execute the second certificate of need in support of hospitalization under this part.
§ 33-6-427. Authority of Licensed Psychologist or Other Mental Health Professional
If a person is a licensed psychologist designated as a health service provider by the board of healing arts and is actively practicing as such, the person may take any action authorized and perform any duty imposed on a physician by §§ 33-6-401 — 33-6-406. The commissioner may designate a person to take any action […]