{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-52-5-402","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-5-402","heading":"Determination of substantial likelihood of serious harm","body":"A person poses a \"substantial likelihood of serious harm\" for purposes of this title only if: (1) The person: (A) Has threatened or attempted suicide or to inflict serious bodily harm on the person; (B) Has threatened or attempted homicide or other violent behavior; (C) Has placed others in reasonable fear of violent behavior and serious physical harm to them; or (D) Is unable to avoid severe impairment or injury from specific risks; and (2) There is a substantial likelihood that the harm will occur unless the person is placed under involuntary treatment. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.\nA person poses a \"substantial likelihood of serious harm\" for purposes of this title only if:\n(1) The person: (A) Has threatened or attempted suicide or to inflict serious bodily harm on the person; (B) Has threatened or attempted homicide or other violent behavior; (C) Has placed others in reasonable fear of violent behavior and serious physical harm to them; or (D) Is unable to avoid severe impairment or injury from specific risks; and\n(A) Has threatened or attempted suicide or to inflict serious bodily harm on the person;\n(B) Has threatened or attempted homicide or other violent behavior;\n(C) Has placed others in reasonable fear of violent behavior and serious physical harm to them; or\n(D) Is unable to avoid severe impairment or injury from specific risks; and\n(2) There is a substantial likelihood that the harm will occur unless the person is placed under involuntary treatment.","path":["TN Code","Title 52","Chapter 5"],"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":"912668ae11a2611e6f99c134f580c3b640245f9a7920cd941791fa86a804b770","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-52-5-401","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-52-5-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}