{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-3-501","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-3-501","heading":"Patient or resident not released during pendency of proceedings - Exceptions","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance with respect to whom proceedings for hospitalization or admission under a court order have been commenced, shall be released or discharged during the pendency of the proceedings, unless ordered by the court upon application of the person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance or of the parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, conservator, spouse or adult next of kin of the person, or upon the report of the chief officer that the person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance may be discharged with safety.\n(b) This section does not limit the duties to release persons with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance imposed by § 33-6-207 and chapter 6, parts 3, 4, and 8 of this title.","path":["TN Code","Title 33","Chapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"f0df6d2151e0629c2bf2af0113af378660acd1ad99652a58c0ea5e8ab07099a4","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-3-412","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-3-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}