TCA 37-1-178
Discharge
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What does this charge mean?
This statute says that when a child in a hospital or treatment facility no longer meets the medical reasons for being hospitalized, the child must be discharged, but the Department of Children's Services keeps legal custody of the child until custody is officially ended by the court in later proceedings.
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If a child no longer meets the standards under which the child was hospitalized or admitted to a treatment resource under § 37-1-176(4), the child shall be discharged under title 33, chapter 6, part 7, and the child shall remain in the custody of the department until the department’s custody is terminated under §§ 37-1-179 and 37-1-180.
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TCA Section37-1-178