{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-6-201","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-6-201","heading":"Persons who may apply for voluntary admission","body":"(a) The following persons may apply for admission to a public or private hospital or treatment resource for diagnosis, observation and treatment of a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance: (1) A person who is sixteen (16) years of age or over and who does not lack capacity to apply under § 33-3-218 ; (2) A parent, legal custodian, or legal guardian who is acting on behalf of a child; (3) A conservator whom the appointing court has expressly granted authority to apply for the person's admission to a hospital or treatment resource for mental illness or serious emotional disturbance; (4) A qualified mental health professional acting on the basis of the terms of the person's declaration for mental health treatment; (5) A person's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care, under title 34, chapter 6, part 2; (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 an individual designated as a surrogate under § 68-11-1806(a) . (b) An individual's surrogate as designated under § 68-11-1806(c) may also apply for such admission provided no person may be admitted by a surrogate under this subsection (b) for more than twenty-one (21) consecutive days unless a petition has been filed pursuant to part 5 of this chapter, or unless an individual who meets any of the criteria set out in subdivisions (a)(1)-(7) of this section applies for voluntary admission subsequent to an application by a surrogate for voluntary admission under this section. Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 238,s 1, eff. 7/1/2013. Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2002, ch. 730, § 35; 2004, ch. 565, § 4.\n(a) The following persons may apply for admission to a public or private hospital or treatment resource for diagnosis, observation and treatment of a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance: (1) A person who is sixteen (16) years of age or over and who does not lack capacity to apply under § 33-3-218 ; (2) A parent, legal custodian, or legal guardian who is acting on behalf of a child; (3) A conservator whom the appointing court has expressly granted authority to apply for the person's admission to a hospital or treatment resource for mental illness or serious emotional disturbance; (4) A qualified mental health professional acting on the basis of the terms of the person's declaration for mental health treatment; (5) A person's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care, under title 34, chapter 6, part 2; (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 an individual designated as a surrogate under § 68-11-1806(a) .\n(1) A person who is sixteen (16) years of age or over and who does not lack capacity to apply under § 33-3-218 ;\n(2) A parent, legal custodian, or legal guardian who is acting on behalf of a child;\n(3) A conservator whom the appointing court has expressly granted authority to apply for the person's admission to a hospital or treatment resource for mental illness or serious emotional disturbance;\n(4) A qualified mental health professional acting on the basis of the terms of the person's declaration for mental health treatment;\n(5) A person's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care, under title 34, chapter 6, part 2;\n(6) A caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3, who is acting on behalf of a child; or\n(7) An individual acting as an agent under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 11, part 18 or an individual designated as a surrogate under § 68-11-1806(a) .\n(5) A person's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care, under title 34, chapter 6, part 2;\n(6) A caregiver under title 34, chapter 6, part 3, who is acting on behalf of a child; or\n(7) An individual acting as an agent under the Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 11, part 18 or an individual designated as a surrogate under § 68-11-1806(a) .\n(b) An individual's surrogate as designated under § 68-11-1806(c) may also apply for such admission provided no person may be admitted by a surrogate under this subsection (b) for more than twenty-one (21) consecutive days unless a petition has been filed pursuant to part 5 of this chapter, or unless an individual who meets any of the criteria set out in subdivisions (a)(1)-(7) of this section applies for voluntary admission subsequent to an application by a surrogate for voluntary admission under this section.","path":["TN Code","Title 33","Chapter 6"],"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":"cb193b6f848052fdf6e3d3afe18ce7a9c12dca8990703c23f804dce460768b08","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-6-109","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-33-6-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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