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A qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst shall take reasonable care to predict, warn of, or take precautions to protect an identified victim from a person supported's violent behavior only if:
(1) The person supported has communicated to the professional or analyst an actual threat of bodily harm against a clearly identified victim; and
(2) The qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst, using the reasonable skill, knowledge, and care ordinarily possessed and exercised by the professional or analyst's specialty under similar circumstances, has determined or reasonably should have determined that the person supported has the apparent ability to commit such an act and is likely to carry out the threat unless prevented from doing so.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 52. Department of Disability and Aging § 52-3-203 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-52-department-of-disability-and-aging/tn-code-sect-52-3-203/
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