33-8-311 - Conduct of hearing.

33-8-311. Conduct of hearing.

(a)  At the hearing the court shall determine:

     (1)  If therapy was administered under § 33-8-309, whether retrospectively all of the standards for initiating therapy under § 33-8-309 prior to a court hearing were fully complied with, and if not, which standards were not met; and

     (2)  Whether prospectively electroconvulsive or other convulsive therapy is necessary for the child's health or safety.

(b)  Nothing in §§ 33-8-305 33-8-313 shall be construed to modify or alter §§ 33-8-315 or 33-8-316.

[Acts 1976, ch. 489, § 1; 1978, ch. 877, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., §§ 33-320, 33-3-201(g)(4), (5); Acts 2000, ch. 947, §§ 1, 6.]