33-4-103 - Notice of admission to guardian or family.

33-4-103. Notice of admission to guardian or family.

If a person is admitted to a hospital, developmental center, or other residential service on the application of any person other than the person's parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, conservator, spouse or adult next of kin, the chief officer shall immediately notify the person's parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, conservator, spouse, or adult next of kin, if known.

[Acts 1965, ch. 38, § 45; T.C.A., § 33-608; Acts 1985, ch. 437, § 17; 1996, ch. 1079, § 62; T.C.A., § 33-6-107; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]