Tennessee Code 33-5-303 – Request for discharge by parent or other representative
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 33-5-303
- Chief officer: means the person with overall authority for a public or private hospital or treatment resource, or the person's designee. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
- Child: means a person who is under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
- Consent: means voluntary agreement to what is reasonably well understood regardless of how the agreement is expressed. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
In the case of a person admitted under § 33-5-301, a parent or legal guardian of a child with intellectual or development disability on behalf of the child, a conservator of a person with intellectual or development disability on behalf of the person, or a person with intellectual or development disability who was admitted on the person’s own application and does not lack capacity under § 33-3-218 may request discharge from a developmental center at any time by filing a request with the chief officer or director of a center or the appointed designee. If the person cannot file a written request, anyone acting on the person’s behalf may file the request with the person’s consent. The chief officer or director of a center or the appointed designee shall discharge the person with intellectual or development disability within twelve (12) hours after receipt of the request or at the time stated in the request, whichever is later.