Tennessee Code Title 33. Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities § 33-6-408

If the person has been certified as subject to admission under § 33-6-403 and is already at the hospital or treatment resource at which the person is proposed to be admitted, then the person who took the service recipient to the hospital or treatment resource may then apply for the admission for the purpose of emergency diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment. The application must be accompanied by the two (2) certificates of need or the one (1) certificate of need executed pursuant to § 33-6-426(b) and must state the reasons and circumstances under which the person was taken into custody.