33-3-125 - Professional not to be related or to have financial interest.
33-3-125. Professional not to be related or to have financial interest.
A certificate of need for commitment for care and treatment as a person with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability that is authorized or required to be made by a physician, psychologist, or other professional under this title is not valid for any purpose if:
(1) It is made by a professional who is a relative by blood, marriage, or adoption, or the legal guardian, conservator, or legal custodian of the person who is the subject of the petition, application or certificate; or
(2) It is made by a professional who has an ownership interest in a private facility in which the person is to be admitted.
[Acts 1983, ch. 323, § 16; T.C.A., §§ 33-345, 33-3-108; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]