(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.
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