Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-6-206 (2026)
Request for release
✓ current as of May 2026
- (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.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 238,s 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2002, ch. 730, § 36; 2004, ch. 565, § 5.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2002–2002 · leading case: State v. Simmons, 108 S.W.3d 881 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002).
State v. Simmons, 108 S.W.3d 881 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 33-6-206, -207. Involuntary Commitment Involuntary commitment is governed by Tennessee Code Annotated sections 33-6-401 through 33-6-510.”
State of Tennessee v. Larry D. Simmons & Tyce Renard Jackson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-6-206 , - 207. Involuntary Commitment Involuntary commitment is governed by Tennessee Code Annotated sections 33-6-401 through 33-6-510.”
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