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§ 33-3-904. Aiding or abetting escape -- Inciting service recipient to violence -- Supplying with dangerous or intoxicating substances.

TN Code § 33-3-904 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) A person commits a Class E felony who:

(1) Counsels, causes, influences, aids or assists a service recipient with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability to leave a hospital or developmental center without authority after the service recipient was admitted under court order;

(2) Harbors or conceals a service recipient with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability who has left a hospital or developmental center without authority;

(3) Incites a service recipient with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, while the service recipient is admitted to a hospital or developmental center, to hurt or injure another person anywhere; or

(4) Gives or sells to a service recipient with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability in a hospital or developmental center, whether on the premises of the facility or elsewhere, knowing the person to be a person with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability, any firearms, intoxicating drinks, drugs, or any other harmful articles.

(b) A hospital or developmental center employee or official who receives from a person with mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability anything of value as a gift or for a consideration commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(c) A person, who aids or abets in the commission of any of the foregoing offenses or aids or abets in a prohibited attempt, is guilty as if the person were a principal and shall be punished as a principal.

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§ 33-3-904. Aiding or abetting escape -- Inciting service recipient to violence -- Supplying with dangerous or intoxicating substances.