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§ 33-6-206. Request for release.

TN Code § 33-6-206 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The following persons may at any time request the service recipient's release by filing a written application with the chief officer:

(1) An adult service recipient;

(2) A service recipient's conservator;

(3) A service recipient's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care;

(4) The parent, legal custodian, or legal guardian who applied for the admission of a child;

(5) A child who is sixteen (16) years of age or over and who was admitted on the child's own application;

(6) A caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3, who is acting on behalf of a child; or

(7) An individual acting as an agent under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 11, part 18 or a person's surrogate as designated under title 68, chapter 11, part 18.

(b) If a competent service recipient cannot file a written request, a person acting on the service recipient's behalf may file the request with the service recipient's consent.

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