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Tennessee Code Title 33. Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities § 33-6-301

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

For purposes of this part, unless the context requires otherwise, “severe impairment” means a condition in which an adult or an emancipated child:

(1) As a result of a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance:

(A) Is in danger of serious physical harm resulting from the person's failure to provide for the person's essential human needs of health or safety; or

(B) Manifests severe deterioration in routine functioning evidenced by repeated and escalating loss of cognitive or volitional control over the person's actions; and

(2) Is not receiving care that is essential for the person's health or safety.

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