{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-3-904","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-3-904","heading":"Aiding or abetting escape - Inciting service recipient to violence - Supplying with dangerous or intoxicating substances","body":"(a) A person commits a Class E felony who: (1) Counsels, causes, influences, aids or assists a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability to leave a hospital without authority after the service recipient was admitted under court order; (2) Harbors or conceals a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability who has left a hospital without authority; (3) Incites a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, while the service recipient is admitted to a hospital, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or (4) Gives or sells to a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability in a hospital, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, drugs, or any other harmful articles. (b) A hospital employee or official who receives from a person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability anything of value as a gift or for a consideration commits a Class C misdemeanor. (c) A person, who aids or abets in the commission of any of the foregoing offenses or aids or abets in a prohibited attempt, is guilty as if the person were a principal and shall be punished as a principal. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 83, eff. 7/1/2024. Acts 1965, ch. 38, § 23; 1974, ch. 802, § 30; 1980, ch. 838, § 5; T.C.A., § 33-317; Acts 1989, ch. 591, §§ 30, 31, 113; T.C.A., § 33-3-106(b)-(d) ; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.\n(a) A person commits a Class E felony who: (1) Counsels, causes, influences, aids or assists a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability to leave a hospital without authority after the service recipient was admitted under court order; (2) Harbors or conceals a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability who has left a hospital without authority; (3) Incites a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, while the service recipient is admitted to a hospital, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or (4) Gives or sells to a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability in a hospital, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, drugs, or any other harmful articles.\n(1) Counsels, causes, influences, aids or assists a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability to leave a hospital without authority after the service recipient was admitted under court order;\n(2) Harbors or conceals a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability who has left a hospital without authority;\n(3) Incites a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, while the service recipient is admitted to a hospital, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or\n(4) Gives or sells to a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability in a hospital, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, drugs, or any other harmful articles.\nrson anywhere; or\n(4) Gives or sells to a service recipient with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability in a hospital, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, drugs, or any other harmful articles.\n(b) A hospital employee or official who receives from a person with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability anything of value as a gift or for a consideration commits a Class C misdemeanor.\n(c) A person, who aids or abets in the commission of any of the foregoing offenses or aids or abets in a prohibited attempt, is guilty as if the person were a principal and shall be punished as a principal.","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":"2ed11d79cb7f8c7f98a47dc93285083d9778c3e2661d234282974fdc2da93f7d","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-3-903","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-4-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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